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Quick facts for kids Macquarie Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Macquarie (green) within New South Wales
Created	1901
MP	Louise Markus
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Lachlan Macquarie
Electors	97,536 (2010)
Area	4,374 km² (1,688.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

Lachlan Macquarie

The Division of Macquarie is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for Lachlan Macquarie, who was Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821. Its best known member is Ben Chifley (ALP), who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949.

It covers a large area west of Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, and the Hawkesbury region on Sydney's western edge. At different times it has included the city of Bathurst.

Members

	Party	Term
Sydney Smith	Free Trade	1901–1906
Ernest Carr	Labor	1906–1916
	National Labor	1916–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1917
Samuel Nicholls	Labor	1917–1922
Arthur Manning	Nationalist	1922–1928
Ben Chifley	Labor	1928–1931
John Lawson	United Australia	1931–1940
Ben Chifley	Labor	1940–1951
Tony Luchetti	Labor	1951–1975
Reg Gillard	Liberal	1975–1980
Ross Free	Labor	1980–1984
Alasdair Webster	Liberal	1984–1993
Maggie Deahm	Labor	1993–1996
Kerry Bartlett	Liberal	1996–2007
Bob Debus	Labor	2007–2010
Louise Markus	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Preceded by Capricornia	Division represented by the Prime Minister 1945–1949 Ben Chifley	Succeeded by Kooyong

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Lachlan Macquarie, the division's namesake

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