Federal division, inner-metropolitan
Watson
In New South Wales.
Sitting member
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About
About Watson
Watson is an inner-metropolitan federal electoral division in New South Wales, in the south-western suburbs of Sydney. Its sitting member is Tony Burke of the Australian Labor Party, who has held the seat since the 2004 federal election.
- Classification
- Inner-metropolitan
- Created
- Redistribution of 31 January 1992
- Named after
- Chris Watson, first Labor Prime Minister of Australia
- First contested
- 1993 federal election
- Previous members
- Leo McLeay, former Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Member since
- 2004 federal election
Summarised by AI from Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.
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