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THE POLL BLUDGER PROSPECT
Prospect covers Sydney's western suburbs from Greystanes, Smithfield and Fairfield out through Wetherill Park and Horsley Park to St Clair and Kemps Creek. It originally covered Liverpool when it was created in 1969, but it has since been drawn progressively closer to the city. The seat was held for Labor by Richard Klugman until 1990, and henceforth by Janice Crosio. A 5.8 per cent swing to the Liberals in 2004 reduced the margin to 7.1 per cent, the smallest in the electorate's history. The redistribution has cut a further 0.2 per cent by extending the northern boundary from the Western Motorway to the Great Western Highway and transferring Abbotsbury and Wakeley to Fowler in the south. | |