Barton Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Barton in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
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Created | 1922 |
MP | Linda Burney |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Sir Edmund Barton |
Electors | 106,566 (2016) |
Area | 40 km2 (15.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
The Division of Barton is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1922 and is named for Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia.
The division has always been based in the inner southern suburbs of Sydney, and currently includes the suburbs of Arncliffe, Banksia, Bardwell Park, Bardwell Valley, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-Le-Sands, Clemton Park, Earlwood, Kyeemagh, Rockdale, Tempe, Turrella, Undercliffe, and Wolli Creek; as well as parts of Belmore, Beverly Hills, Campsie, Canterbury, Carlton, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Hurstville, Kingsgrove, Kogarah, Marrickville, and Penshurst.