Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Greenway, New South Wales
North-western Sydney: Girraween, Kings Langley, Lalor Park, Riverstone
Sitting member: Michelle Rowland (Labor), elected 2010
Enrolment at close of rolls: 104,410
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 2.1%
2016 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 3.0%

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Candidates in ballot-paper order:

1. Timothy Mak Liberal Democratic Party	2. Vivek Singha Science Party	3. Chris Winslow Australian Greens	4. Rohan Salins Family First

5. Aaron Wright Christian Democrats	6. Yvonne Keane Liberal Party	7. Avtar Billu Independent	8. Michelle Rowland Australian Labor Party

2013 results

Statistics and history

Greenway was created in 1984, and on its original boundaries it was based on the Labor stronghold of Blacktown, which made it a fairly safe
Labor seat. But the rapid growth of new middle-class suburbs at the western end of the seat weakened Labor's position. Labor neglected the
seat, allowing old-style members such as Russ Gorman and Frank Mossfield to represent it. In 2004 Labor's candidate was Ed Husic, a Muslim
of Bosnian parentage. His candidature provoked an anonymous religious smear campaign which undoubtedly cost Labor votes, and this, combined
with the demographic erosion of Labor's position and the negative impact of Mark Latham's leadership, was enough to tip the seat to the
Liberal candidate Louise Markus.

The 2006 redistribution removed Blacktown from Greenway and extended the seat out into the affluent Hawkesbury region, making it much safer
for the Liberals. But the 2010 redistribution reversed this, putting half of Blacktown back into the seat and turning it back into a Labor
seat, though not as safe for Labor as it once was. At the 2010 election Markus followed her Hawkesbury base into the seat of Macquarie, and
Labor regained Greenway.

Michelle Rowland, Labor MP for Greenway since 2010, was a lawyer and director of the Western Sydney Area Health Service before her election.
She was also a Blacktown City Councillor. She held Greenway with an increased majority in 2013, against the trend of the election, helped by
the conspicuous inadequacy of the Liberal candidate. She is now Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism and for Small Business.
The 2016 redistribution has changed the seat only slightly. The Liberal candidate is Yvonne Keane, a former television co-host and magazine
columnist and Deputy Mayor of The Hills Shire.

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