Division of Chifley

It includes Rooty Hill, Doonside, Woodcroft, Dean Park, parts of Marayong and Blacktown, and all the suburbs of the Mt Druitt housing estate.

[1] The division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49.

On its original boundaries it was based on Blacktown, but now includes the suburbs of Angus, Bidwill, Blackett, Bungarribee, Colebee, Dean Park, Dharruk, Doonside, Emerton, Glendenning, Hassall Grove, Hebersham, Lethbridge Park, Marayong, Marsden Park, Melonba, Mount Druitt, Nirimba Fields, Oakhurst, Plumpton, Richards, Rooty Hill, Ropes Crossing, Shalvey, Shanes Park, Tregear, Whalan, Willmot, and Woodcroft; as well as parts of Arndell Park, Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Huntingwood, Quakers Hill, Riverstone, and Schofields.

Chifley is home to immigrant communities from the Philippines, India, and Fiji,[4] and is heavily Catholic at 30.8% with a larger-than-average Muslim population at 8.3%.

[5] The current MP is Ed Husic, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Ben Chifley , the division's namesake
Four of the candidates who stood for election for the Division of Chifley at the 2007 federal election address electors at a public meeting in Shalvey on 11 November 2007. They are (seated at rear) Roger Price (ALP), Dave Vincent (CDP), James Cogan (Socialist) and (standing) John Forrester (Greens)
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Chifley in the 2022 federal election . The winning candidate got over 50% of first preference votes, so this alluvial diagram is indicative only, and preference flows were not used to determine the final result. The preference flows were used to determine the two-candidate-preferred .