The Division of Wentworth is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The Division is named after William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872), a noted Australian explorer and statesman. In 1813 he accompanied Blaxland and Lawson on their crossing of the Blue Mountains. It is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with North Sydney, which have never been held by the Australian Labor Party, though Jessie Street came within 1.6 percent of winning the seat at the 1943 election. It was considered a blue-ribbon Liberal seat, and according the census, has the highest per-capita income of all seats in Australia. The seat is currently held by Liberal MP and former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull.
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