The Division of McMahon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, and includes the suburbs of Abbotsbury

Abbotsbury, New South Wales

Abbotsbury is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Abbotsbury is located 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Abbotsbury is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....

, Blacktown

Blacktown, New South Wales

Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of City of Blacktown.Blacktown is the largest...

 (part), Bossley Park

Bossley Park, New South Wales

Bossley Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bossley Park is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield...

, Canley Vale

Canley Vale, New South Wales

Canley Vale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Canley Vale is located 30 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the South-western Sydney region.-History:Aboriginal people...

, Cecil Park

Cecil Park, New South Wales

Cecil Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cecil Park is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.- History :Cecil Park was originally...

, Eastern Creek

Eastern Creek, New South Wales

Eastern Creek is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eastern Creek is located 35 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.Eastern Creek is west of the...

, Edensor Park

Edensor Park, New South Wales

Edensor Park is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Edensor Park is located 38 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. It is mainly a residential area, which mainly consists of the middle social class...

, Erskine Park

Erskine Park, New South Wales

Erskine Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Erskine Park is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.Erskine Park is a growing,...

, Fairfield

Fairfield, New South Wales

Fairfield is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is also partly in the local government...

, Fairfield Heights

Fairfield Heights, New South Wales

Fairfield Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield Heights is located 31 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield...

, Fairfield West

Fairfield West, New South Wales

Fairfield West is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield West is located 33 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield...

, Greenfield Park

Greenfield Park, New South Wales

Greenfield Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Greenfield Park is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield...

, Greystanes

Greystanes, New South Wales

Greystanes is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Greystanes is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Holroyd.-History:...

, Horsley Park

Horsley Park, New South Wales

Horsley Park is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Horsley Park is located 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Horsley Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

, Kemps Creek

Kemps Creek, New South Wales

Kemps Creek is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kemps Creek is located 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Penrith and City of Liverpool...

, Merrylands

Merrylands, New South Wales

Merrylands is a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Merrylands is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Holroyd...

 (part), Merrylands West

Merrylands West, New South Wales

Merrylands West is a suburb in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Merrylands West is located 27 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Holroyd....

, Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, New South Wales

Mount Vernon is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Vernon is located 42 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.Mount Vernon is a sparsely...

, Orchard Hills

Orchard Hills, New South Wales

Orchard Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Orchard Hills is located 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.-History:Orchard Hills takes its...

, Pemulwuy

Pemulwuy, New South Wales

Pemulwuy is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Pemulwuy is located 31 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Holroyd....

, Prairiewood

Prairiewood, New South Wales

Prairiewood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prairiewood is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.Prairiewood is primarily a...

, Prospect

Prospect, New South Wales

Prospect is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prospect is located 32 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....

, Smithfield

Smithfield, New South Wales

* Highest Recorded Temperature: 44.2 °C* Lowest Recorded Temperature: -2.3 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: August-Demographics:...

, South Wentworthville

South Wentworthville, New South Wales

South Wentworthville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. South Wentworthville is located 28 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Holroyd and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

 (part), St Clair

St Clair, New South Wales

St Clair is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Clair is located 49 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

 and Wetherill Park

Wetherill Park, New South Wales

Wetherill Park is a suburb of south western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wetherill Park is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.The 2006...

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The division is named in honour of former Australian Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...

 Sir William McMahon

William McMahon

Sir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH , was an Australian Liberal politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Australia...

. It replaced the abolished division of Prospect

Division of Prospect

The Division of Prospect was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales from 1969 to 2010. It was located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and included the suburbs of Fairfield, Smithfield, Kemps Creek, St Clair, Horsley Park and those parts of the suburb of Prospect south of...

. The former member for Prospect, Labor MP Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen

Christopher Eyles "Chris" Bowen , an Australian federal politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Prospect in western Sydney for the Australian Labor Party at the 2004 federal election...

, became the seat's first member at the 2010 federal election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Chris Bowen Chris Bowen Christopher Eyles "Chris" Bowen , an Australian federal politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Prospect in western Sydney for the Australian Labor Party at the 2004 federal election...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2010—present

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