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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Whitlam, New South Wales
South of Sydney: Albion Rail, Dapto, Moss Vale, Shellharbour
Sitting member: Stephen Jones (Labor), elected 2010
Enrolment at close of rolls: 112,143
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 7.8% (Throsby)
2016 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 6.9%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Tom Hunt
Australian Greens |
2. Jan Mandelson
The Nationals |
3. Wayne Hartmann
Non-Custodial Parents Party |
4. Stephen Jones
Australian Labor Party |
5. Susan Pinsuti
Christian Democrats |
6. Marcus Hewitt
Liberal Party |
2013 results (Throsby)
Statistics and history
Whitlam was created by the 2016 redistribution, when the old seat of Throsby was renamed. Throsby was created in 1984, taking in the southern
part of the Illawarra mining and industrial area, centered on Port Kembla, although Port Kembla itself is now back in Cunningham. Whitlam is
centred on Woolongong suburbs such as Berkeley and Dapto, Shellharbour (transferred back from Gilmore), and inland towns such as Mittgong and
Moss Vale.
Whitlam is a heavily working-class seat, with a relatively low level of median family income, a very low level of people in professional occupations,
and a fairly high proportion of people born in non English speaking countries. The inland areas are politically marginal, the rest of the seat solidly
Labor.
Stephen Jones, Labor MP for Throsby since 2010, is a lawyer who was national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union before his election.
The 2016 redistribution has slightly reduced the Labor majority, but it is still a reliable seat for Labor.
The Liberal candidate is Marcus Hewitt.
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