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The Division of Macarthur is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after John Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth, who were both pioneers of Australia's wool industry. The main products and work in the electorate are in the fruit and vegetable production, lucerne and fodder crops, wine, dairy cattle and horse-breeding. Located in outer south-west Sydney and covering , the present boundaries of the division cover the southern suburbs of Campbelltown, all of the local government area of Camden and small parts of Wollondilly. The division covers areas east of the Nepean River between Liverpool and Penrith and south to Camden. It encompasses the suburbs of Airds, Ambarvale, Appin, Badgerys Creek, Bickley Vale, Bradbury, Camden, Camden South, Campbelltown, Cawdor, Cobbitty, Ellis Lane, Gilead, Glen Alpine, Grasmere, Greendale, Harrington Park, Kentlyn, Mount Annan, Narellan, Oran Park, Rosemeadow, Rossmore, St Helens Park, Wedderburn and Woodbine and parts of Bringelly, Catherine Field, Douglas Park, Leumeah, Razorback and Rossmore. The current Member for Macarthur, since the 2010 federal election, is Russell Matheson, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. ==History== Macarthur has changed hands regularly over the years as redistributions have favoured different parties. Macarthur was a bellwether seat from the time of its establishment in 1949 until the 2007 election - during that 58-year period it was always held by a member of the governing party or coalition. Successive redistributions have shrunk the geographical size of the seat due to the rapid growth of the Campbelltown area. In the redistribution prior to the 2001 federal election, Southern Highlands towns such as Bowral and Moss Vale were removed, shrinking the area to one eighth of its original size and making it an entirely Sydney-based seat. This made the seat notionally Labor by 1.3%, from the previous 5.6% of the Liberals, prompting Liberal minister and former New South Wales premier John Fahey to retire. However, his replacement as Liberal candidate, Pat Farmer, achieved an 8.3% swing to retain the seat for the Liberals, and increased the margin from 7 to 9.5% at the 2004 election. Macarthur was made even safer for the Liberals ahead of the 2007 election, when a redistribution increased the Liberal majority to 11.1%. However, he was nearly defeated in the election, suffering a swing of 10.4%. The swing was spread evenly across the electorate, reflecting its solid mortgage belt character. The swing was particularly large in the heavily mortgaged suburbs of Narellan, Camden and the more Liberal-voting areas of Campbelltown. Farmer's margin was reduced to an extremely marginal 0.7%. Farmer retired in 2010 after a further redistribution made it notionally a Labor seat. However, Russell Matheson was able to retain the seat for the Liberals. Matheson gained a large swing in 2013, increasing the Liberal margin to 11.1 percent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Division of Macarthur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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