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Division of Bennelong

Bennelong
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Bennelong in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
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.


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