Division of Mackellar

The Division of Mackellar is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is named after Dorothea Mackellar, a 20th-century Australian poet.^[2] The division was set up in 1949.

Mackellar Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Mackellar (green) in New South Wales
Created	1949
MP	Sophie Scamps
Party	Independent
Namesake	Dorothea Mackellar
Electors	102,842 (2013)[1]
Area	233 km2 (90.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Dorothea Mackellar

It covers the northern beach suburbs of Sydney, including Narrabeen, Beacon Hill, Newport, Palm Beach and Terrey Hills.^[2]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	William Wentworth	Liberal	1949–1977
	Jim Carlton	Liberal	1977–1994
	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal	1994–2016
	Jason Falinski	Liberal	2016–2022
	Sophie Scamps	Independent	2022–present

William Wentworth IV, was the first Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and the great-grandson of politician and explorer William Wentworth, one of the first Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains. Bronwyn Bishop was the Speaker of the Australian House of Representativesfrom 2013 to 2015.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Mackellar[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jason Falinski	40,993	41.41	−11.60
	Independent	Sophie Scamps	37,724	38.11	+38.11
	Labor	Paula Goodman	8,162	8.25	−8.69
	Greens	Ethan Hrnjak	6,032	6.09	−5.39
	United Australia	Christopher Ball	2,881	2.91	+0.55
	One Nation	Darren Dickson	2,624	2.65	+2.65
	TNL	Barry Steele	575	0.58	+0.58
Total formal votes			98,991	96.22	+0.93
Informal votes			3,884	3.78	−0.93
Turnout			102,875	92.54	−0.51
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Jason Falinski	58,012	58.60	−4.62
	Labor	Paula Goodman	40,979	41.40	+4.62
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Sophie Scamps	51,973	52.50	+52.50
	Liberal	Jason Falinski	47,018	47.50	−15.73
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+52.50