Bennelong Australian House of Representatives Division |
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![]() Division of Bennelong in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
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Created | 1949 |
MP | John Alexander |
Party | Liberal |
Namesake | Bennelong |
Electors | 106,005 (2016) |
Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Bennelong, an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip.
Bennelong is based in Sydney's Northern Suburbs, including the suburbs of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, East Ryde, Eastwood, Epping, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, North Epping, North Ryde, Putney, Ryde, Tennyson Point and West Ryde; as well as parts of Beecroft, Carlingford, Chatswood West, Dundas, Ermington and Gladesville.