Names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in New South Wales decided

The augmented Electoral Commission for New South Wales today announced the final outcome of the New South Wales federal redistribution.

The Hon. Susan Kenny AM KC, the presiding member, thanked the individuals and organisations who contributed to the redistribution.

“All written objections and comments, as well as the information presented at the inquiry, have been carefully considered in deciding the final names and boundaries,” she said.

The augmented Electoral Commission has unanimously accepted the Redistribution Committee’s proposed abolition of the Division of North Sydney, to retire the name of the Division of North Sydney and to modify the boundaries of nine of the electoral divisions initially proposed in May 2024,” she said.

As a result of these modifications, more electors will change their electoral division.

Electoral division names

All seat names initially proposed in May have been adopted. This results in:

• retiring the name ‘North Sydney’,
• altering the basis for the naming of the Division of Cook to jointly honour:
  • former Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Cook GCMG PC (1860–1947), and
  • Captain James Cook FRS (1728–1779)
• retaining the names of the 45 remaining electoral divisions.

Electoral division boundaries

The initial redistribution proposal has been modified by placing:

• a portion of the locality of Wahroonga (located to the west of Coups Creek, consisting of the streets of Mount Pleasant Avenue and Waratah Way) in the proposed Division of Berowra

• the proposal had placed this portion of Wahroonga in the proposed Division of Bradfield

• a portion of the localities of Lidcombe, Rookwood and Strathfield (located to the west of the Campsie-Flemington Goods Line and north of the Chullora-Sefton Goods Line) in the proposed Division of Blaxland
  • the proposal had placed those portions in the proposed Division of Watson

• the entirety of the localities of Central Mangrove and Kulnura in the proposed Division of Robertson
  • the proposal had placed portions of these localities east of George Downes Drive in the proposed Division of Dobell

• a portion of the locality of Yagoona (east of Rose Street and south of Farrier Road) in the proposed Division of Watson
  • the proposal had placed that portion of Yagoona in the proposed Division of Blaxland.

Some minor alterations that involve no elector movements have also been made to provide more easily recognisable electoral division boundaries.

Next steps

The names and boundaries announced today are not considered to be significantly different from the initial proposal in May. Therefore, no further input from members of the public will be sought.

The new boundaries for New South Wales and the name changes mentioned above will be formally determined on Thursday 10 October 2024, when a notice of determination is published in the Commonwealth Government Notices Gazette. While members of the House of Representatives will continue to represent their current seats, a federal election with a writ issued after Thursday 10 October 2024 will be run on the new boundaries.

Overview maps will be available on the AEC website on Thursday 10 October 2024. Detailed maps and a report outlining the augmented Electoral Commission's reasons for its formal determination will be tabled in federal parliament and will subsequently be made publicly available.

Editor’s notes:

• Initial proposal for the redistribution of New South Wales (Friday 14 June 2024)
• Written objections and comments on those objections are all available via the AEC website as well as a full overview of the augmented Electoral Commission's conclusions on objections.
• More information about the New South Wales federal redistribution
• Western Australian federal redistribution: The announcement of the final names and boundaries of the 16 electoral divisions in Western Australia.
• Victorian federal redistribution: The announcement of the final names and boundaries of the 38 electoral divisions in Victoria.