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{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes
|name     = Werriwa
|image    = Division of Werriwa 2010.png
|imagesize = 300
|caption  = Division of Werriwa (green) in [[New South Wales]]
|party-colour = Labor
|mp       = [[Anne Stanley]]
|mp-party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|state    = nsw
|created  = 1901
|namesake = [[Lake George (Australia)|Lake George]] ([[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] name)
|electors = 
|area     = 159
|class    = Outer Metropolitan
}}

The '''Division of Werriwa''' is a [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Federal Electoral Division]] for the [[Australian House of Representatives]] in the state of [[New South Wales]]. 

The name ''Werriwa'' is the local [[Aboriginal]] name for [[Lake George (Australia)|Lake George]]. The lake was in the division when the boundaries were drawn in 1900. The division was one of the original 75 divisions for Australia's first federal election in 1901. It covered a large rural area from the south west of [[Sydney]] to the northern part of what is now the [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]. 

Over the years, the population around Sydney increased. The boundaries were redrawn and Werriwa became smaller in area. By 1913 Lake George was no longer included in the Dvision. Werriwa become a south-western Sydney [[wikt:suburban|suburban]] electorate over 150&nbsp;km away from Lake George. It has kept the name of Werriwa, because it is an original Federation electorate. The [[Australian Electoral Commission]] tries to keep the names of original Federation electorates. 

Werriwa now covers the suburbs of Austral, [[Bardia, New South Wales|Bardia]], [[Bow Bowing, New South Wales|Bow Bowing]], [[Casula, New South Wales|Casula]], Claymore, [[Denham Court, New South Wales|Denham Court]], [[Edmondson Park, New South Wales|Edmondson Park]], [[Eschol Park, New South Wales|Eschol Park]], [[Glenfield, New South Wales|Glenfield]], [[Horningsea Park, New South Wales|Horningsea Park]], [[Hoxton Park, New South Wales|Hoxton Park]], [[Ingleburn, New South Wales|Ingleburn]], [[Leppington, New South Wales|Leppington]], Lurnea, [[Macquarie Fields, New South Wales|Macquarie Fields]], [[Minto, New South Wales|Minto]], Minto Heights, Prestons, [[Raby, New South Wales|Raby]], [[St Andrews, New South Wales|St Andrews]] and [[Varroville, New South Wales|Varroville]] and parts of Liverpool, [[Leumeah, New South Wales|Leumeah]] and West Hoxton.

==Members==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Member!!Party!!Term
|-
| {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}|&nbsp;
| [[Alfred Conroy]]
| [[Free Trade Party|Free Trade]]
| 1901–1906
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[David Hall (Australian politician)|David Hall]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1906–1912
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Benjamin Bennett (politician)|Benjamin Bennett]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1912–1913
|-
| {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Alfred Conroy]]
| [[Commonwealth Liberal Party|Commonwealth Liberal]]
| 1913–1914
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| rowspan="3"|[[John Lynch (Australian politician)|John Lynch]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1914–1916
|-
| {{Australian party style|National Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[National Labor Party|National Labor]]
| 1916–1917
|-
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}|&nbsp;
| [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]]
| 1917–1918
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| rowspan="2"|[[Hubert Lazzarini]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1919-1931
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor (NSW)}}|&nbsp;
| [[Australian Labor Party (NSW)|Lang Labor]]
| 1931–1931
|-
| {{Australian party style|Country}}|&nbsp;
| [[Walter McNicoll]]
| [[Country Party of Australia|Country]]
| 1931–1934
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor (NSW)}}|&nbsp;
| rowspan="2"|[[Hubert Lazzarini]]
| [[Australian Labor Party (NSW)|Lang Labor]]
| 1934–1936
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1936–1952
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Gough Whitlam]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1952–1978
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[John Kerin]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1978–1994
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Mark Latham]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 1994–2005
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Chris Hayes (politician)|Chris Hayes]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 2005–2010
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Laurie Ferguson]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 2010–present
|}
It is a very safe seat for the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP), which has held it without a break since 1934.

Werriwa was the electorate (1952-78) of former [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Gough Whitlam]]. From 1994 to 2005 the Werriwa was held by one of Whitlam's former aides, [[Mark Latham]]. Latham was the leader of the ALP and [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 2003-2005. 

In a [[by-election]] in March 2005, Labor's [[Chris Hayes (politician)|Chris Hayes]] was elected with over 55% of the vote. There were 16 other candidates but none got more than 8% of the vote.

==Election results==
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2022 Australian federal election]]: Werriwa<ref>[https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/Website/HouseDivisionPage-27966-153.htm Werriwa, NSW], ''2022 Tally Room'', Australian Electoral Commission.</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor
|candidate = [[Anne Stanley (politician)|Anne Stanley]]
|votes = 40,108
|percentage = 39.86
|change = −7.90
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal
|candidate = Sam Kayal
|votes = 30,864
|percentage = 30.67
|change = −4.60
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal Democrats
|candidate = Victor Tey
|votes = 8,978
|percentage = 8.92
|change = +8.92
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = United Australia Party (current)
|candidate = Tony Nikolic
|votes = 8,813
|percentage = 8.76
|change = +4.56
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens
|candidate = Apurva Shukla
|votes = 6,772
|percentage = 6.73
|change = +1.36
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = One Nation
|candidate = Adam Booke
|votes = 5,096
|percentage = 5.06
|change = +5.06
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 100,631
|percentage = 90.18
|change = +1.75
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 10,962
|percentage = 9.82
|change = −1.75
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 111,593
|percentage = 88.53
|change = −2.00
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor
|candidate = [[Anne Stanley (politician)|Anne Stanley]]
|votes = 56,173
|percentage = 55.82
|change = +0.35
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal
|candidate = Sam Kayal
|votes = 44,458
|percentage = 44.18
|change = −0.35
}}
{{Election box hold AU party|
|winner = Labor
|swing = +0.35
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/w/Werriwa.htm Division of Werriwa - Australian Electoral Commission]

==Other websites==
* [http://www.laurieferguson.com.au/ Laurie Ferguson's website]
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