Reid (NSW)

Laurie Ferguson (Labor)

Inner MetropolitanA

Seat Margin: 16.9%

2001 election swing:

 5.3% to Coalition

NSW swing: 

3.4% to Coalition

  Republic 'yes': 49.0r

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2001 Census Data*

National ranking
(out of 150)

State 
ranking
(out of 50)

Median household income

827

107

37

Unemployment

10.8%

17

7

Persons aged over 65

11.5%

104

37

Born in NES country

41.0%

3

3

 

Deep Labor western Sydney heartland where, as the graph shows, 1998 returned their highest after preferences vote in living memory (probably since WWII.) 

John Howard was PM, by the way. Howard's Battlers, anyone?

External links

AEC Member

   ABC (Antony Green)

Poll Bludger

A: AEC socio-demographic  
r: yes vote at 1999 referendum 
* From Parliament House Library

Voted for Latham