It was replaced by the electoral district of Enfield for the 2002 election.
Sir Ross Macpherson Smith was a member of the Australian Light Horse at Gallipoli and Sinai during World War I.
He and his brother won the 1919 England to Australia air race (taking almost a month) and established an aerodrome at Northfield.
Though typically a safe Labor seat, it returned a marginal result at the 1993 election landslide, with Labor reduced to a 2.1 percent two-party margin.
It returned to being a safe Labor seat at the following election.