The Division of Prospect was an Australian Electoral Division in the

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from 1969 to 2010. It was located in the western suburbs of

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, and included the suburbs of Fairfield, Smithfield,

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, St Clair, Horsley Park and those parts of the suburb of

Prospect Prospect may refer to: General * Prospect (marketing), a marketing term describing a potential customer * Prospect (sports), any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for the team * Prospect (minin ...

south of the

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which were the least populous parts of the suburb. The

Prospect Reservoir The Prospect Reservoir is a heritage-listed potable water supply and storage reservoir created by the Prospect Dam, across the Prospect Creek located in the Western Sydney suburb of Prospect, in New South Wales, Australia. The eastern boun ...

was located within the Division, from which it took its name. The origins of the Division date back to the redistribution of 21 November 1968, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat was a safe

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seat for its entire existence. Following the 2009 redistribution of New South Wales, the division was renamed

McMahon McMahon or MacMahon ( or ) may refer to: Places * Division of McMahon, an electorate for the Australian House of Representatives * McMahon, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada * McMahon Line, a boundary between India and China * McMahons Point, a ...

to honour former

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Sir

William McMahon Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988), also known as Billy McMahon, was an Australian politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia ...

.Media Release 2009: Augmented Electoral Commission decides boundaries and names for Federal Electoral Divisions in NSW - Australian Electoral Commission
/ref> McMahon was first contested at the 2010 federal election.

Members

Election results

References

Announcement of renamingPsephos: Adam Carr's Election ArchiveABC ElectionsAustralian Electoral Commission

External links

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