Electoral district of Macquarie Fields
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, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney
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Members for Macquarie Fields
| First incarnation (1988—1991) | |||
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| Stan Knowles | 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... |
1988 New South Wales state election, 1988 Elections to the 49th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 19 March 1988. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election... —1990 |
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| Craig Knowles Craig Knowles Craig John Knowles is a former Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2005.... |
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... |
1990—1991 New South Wales state election, 1991 Elections to the 50th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 May 1991. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election... |
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| Second incarnation (1999—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Craig Knowles Craig Knowles Craig John Knowles is a former Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2005.... |
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... |
1999 New South Wales state election, 1999 Elections to the 52nd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 27 March 1999. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election... —2005 Macquarie Fields state by-election, 2005 A by-election was staged in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Macquarie Fields on 22 September 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member and former minister Craig Knowles... |
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| Steven Chaytor Steven Chaytor Steven John Chaytor is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2007, representing the southwest Sydney electorate of Macquarie Fields.... |
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... |
2005 Macquarie Fields state by-election, 2005 A by-election was staged in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district of Macquarie Fields on 22 September 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member and former minister Craig Knowles... —2007 |
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| Andrew McDonald Andrew McDonald (Australian politician) Andrew Dominic McDonald is an Australian doctor and politician. He attended St. Leo's Catholic College in Wahroonga, before studying medicine at the University of Sydney. He worked as a paediatrician at Campbelltown Hospital for 17 years prior to joining the Labor Party... |
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... |
2007—present | |