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Federal division, provincial

# Macquarie

In New South Wales. The advertiser we follow here has spent $3.7K–$4.8K on Facebook and Instagram ads.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susan_Templeman_MP.png?width=96)**Susan Templeman** Labor, Macquarie ](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-templeman)

About

## About Macquarie

Macquarie is a provincial federal electoral division in New South Wales, covering much of the Blue Mountains and the Hawkesbury region west of Sydney. It is held by Susan Templeman of the Australian Labor Party, who has been the Member since the 2016 federal election. Her ads focus on no specific topics in the available data.

Created

1901, one of the original 65 divisions

Named after

Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales 1810 to 1821

Current Member

Susan Templeman, Australian Labor Party

Previous members

Louise Markus; Bob Debus; Kerry Bartlett; Ben Chifley (former)

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FMacquarie), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Macquarie whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

1. [Susan Templeman](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-templeman) MP, Labor  
$3.7K –$4.8K 3 ads, 3 running

 At least  Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) 

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