Division of Lindsay facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lindsay Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lindsay (green) in New South Wales
Created	1984
MP	Fiona Scott
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Norman Lindsay
Electors	101,241 (2013)
Area	339 km2 (130.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Norman Lindsay 1931

The Division of Lindsay is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Sir Norman Lindsay, the Australian artist, writer and sculptor.

The division is in the outer western suburbs of Sydney, and includes Cambridge Park, Cambridge Gardens, Castlereagh, Claremont Meadows, Cranebrook, Emu Plains, Glenmore Park, Jamisontown, Kingswood, Leonay, Llandilo, North St Marys, Oxley Park, Penrith, Regentville, St Marys, South Penrith, Werrington, Werrington County, Werrington Downs and parts of Agnes Banks, Luddenham and Wallacia.

History

Since it was set up in 1984, its winning member of parliament has been from the party winning government.

Jackie Kelly won the seat during the 1996 election. Her win was challenged in the Court of Disputed Returns because she was still a citizen of New Zealand, and she worked as a legal officer for the Royal Australian Air Force. The Australian Constitution (Section 44) does not allow people who are citizens of another country, or people who are employed by the government to be members of Parliament. A by-election was held, and Kelly who had given up her New Zealand citizenship, and resigned from her airforce job was elected again.

In 2007 Kelly was again in trouble. Three days before the election her supporters, including her husband, were caught in Lindsay putting fake letters in peoples' letterboxes. These letters linked the Labor Party to Islamic terrorism.

Members

David Bradbury had served as the Mayor of Penrith. Every member of Lindsay to date, except Scott, has served as a minister.

Election results