Division of Watson
| Watson Australian House of Representatives Division | |||||||||||||||
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| Created | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Tony Burke | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Chris Watson | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 116,745 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 51 km2 (19.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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The Division of Watson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Watson is an urban electorate in Sydney and since 2025, it extends from the Hume Highway, Canterbury Road to the south, Georges River to the west and Cooks River to the east. It has a large immigrant population, with significant Chinese, Bangladeshi, and Lebanese communities.
Since 2004 its MP has been Tony Burke of the Labor Party, who has served as Minister for Home Affairs, for Immigration and Citizenship and for Cyber Security since 2024 under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as well as Leader of the House and Minister for the Arts since 2022.