--- title: "Watson: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Watson: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/watson" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, inner-metropolitan # Watson In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2025_Tony_Burke_-_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Tony Burke** Labor, Watson ](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-burke) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FWatson), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Watson whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Watson yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Watson are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other divisions in New South Wales - [Banks](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/banks) - [Barton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/barton) - [Bennelong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bennelong) - [Berowra](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/berowra) - [Blaxland](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/blaxland) - [Bradfield](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bradfield) - [Calare](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calare) - [Chifley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chifley) - [Cook](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cook) - [Cowper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cowper) - [Cunningham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cunningham) - [Dobell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dobell) - [Eden-Monaro](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/eden-monaro) - [Farrer](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/farrer) - [Fowler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fowler) - [Gilmore](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gilmore) - [Grayndler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grayndler) - [Greenway](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/greenway) - [Hughes](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hughes) - [Hume](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hume) - [Hunter](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hunter) - [Kingsford Smith](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingsford-smith) - [Lindsay](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay) - [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.