Greenway – Australia 2025

ALP 8.0%

Incumbent MP
Michelle Rowland, since 2010.

Geography
Western suburbs of Sydney. Greenway covers north-eastern parts of the City of Blacktown and a small part of the Hills council area. Suburbs include Parklea, Glenwood, Kings Park, Kings Langley, Kellyville Ridge, Lalor Park, The Ponds, Nelson and Riverstone, and parts of Seven Hills.

Redistribution
Greenway shifted north, losing Prospect, the remainder of Blacktown and parts of Seven Hills to McMahon, and losing Girraween to Parramatta. Greenway then gained Box Hill, Gables and Nelson from the northern end of Mitchell. These changes cut the Labor margin from 11.5% to 8.0%.

History
Greenway was first created in 1984, and was held relatively comfortably by the ALP throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

The seat was first won by Russell Gorman in 1984. Gorman had previously held Chifley from 1983 until he moved to Greenway in 1984. He was succeeded by Frank Mossfield in 1996.

Mossfield retired at the 2004 election, and the ALP stood Ed Husic, while the Liberals stood Louise Markus. The ALP’s margin had been cut to 3% at the 2001 election, and in 2004 Markus managed to win the seat.

The 2007 election saw the seat redistributed radically, and the Liberal margin was increased from 50.6% to 61.3%. A swing of almost 7% was suffered against Markus, but she held on under the new boundaries.

The 2009 redistribution saw the boundary changes largely reversed, and the new margin saw Markus shift to the neighbouring seat of Macquarie, winning that seat off the ALP.

Labor councillor Michelle Rowland won the redrawn Greenway in 2010, and has been re-elected four times.

Candidates

  • Robert Stuckey (Independent)
  • Mark Rex (Libertarian)
  • Palaniappan Subramanian (Greens)
  • Rattan Virk (Liberal)
  • Michelle Rowland (Labor)
  • Justin Mulligan (Trumpet of Patriots)
  • Edwin Swann (One Nation)
  • Assessment
    The new boundaries are less favourable to the ALP, but they should retain Greenway.

    2022 result

    Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
    Michelle Rowland Labor 48,551 48.3 +2.3 44.8
    Pradeep Pathi Liberal 29,932 29.8 -10.8 33.4
    Damien Atkins Greens 7,086 7.0 +1.6 7.6
    Mark Rex United Australia 4,359 4.3 +1.4 4.1
    Adam Kachwalla Liberal Democrats 3,014 3.0 +3.0 3.0
    Riccardo Bosi Independent 3,272 3.3 +3.3 2.9
    Rick Turner One Nation 2,710 2.7 +2.7 2.7
    Love Preet Singh Independent 1,615 1.6 +1.6 1.4
    Informal 8,999 8.2 +1.5

    2022 two-party-preferred result

    Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
    Michelle Rowland Labor 61,864 61.5 +8.7 58.0
    Pradeep Pathi Liberal 38,675 38.5 -8.7 42.0

    Booth breakdown

    Booths have been divided into three areas. “South” covers those areas south of the M7, with the remainder split into “Central” and “North”.

    Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all fivthreee areas, ranging from 52.3% in the north to 63% in the south.

    Voter group ALP 2PP Total votes % of votes
    North 52.3 17,677 20.9
    Central 62.2 13,311 15.7
    South 63.0 11,025 13.0
    Pre-poll 58.5 28,831 34.1
    Other votes 56.1 13,713 16.2

    Election results in Greenway at the 2022 federal election
    Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor and the Liberal Party.

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    51 COMMENTS

    1. Yes federal Liberals have proven a lot worse at appealing to young educated immigrants. Also, it should be remembered that the state Liberals were the government to start the north-west metro and thus on the state level they are likely receiving a boost for it.

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