Whitlam Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 2016 |
MP | Stephen Jones |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Gough Whitlam |
Electors | 125,535 (2022) |
Area | 1,331 km2 (513.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Whitlam is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Whitlam is a predominantly middle and working-class electorate that covers 1,331 square kilometres in the southern Illawarra and Southern Highlands.[1]
The current MP is Stephen Jones, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Jones was born in Wollongong and was a trade union official before first being elected to Parliament in 2010.[1]