Back to working for the community for Rowland

Sitting Greenway federal Labor MP Michelle Rowland has been re-elected with a swing of 5.38 per cent.

Michelle Rowland arrives at the Labor party function at the Blacktown RSL with husband Michael and daughter Octavia, to celebrate her retaining the seat of Greenway.

Sitting Greenway federal Labor MP Michelle Rowland has been re-elected with a swing of 5.38 per cent.

Tally figures have shown Ms Rowland received 36,607 votes, which equates to 49.86 per cent of the votes.

After retaining the marginal, Ms Rowland was back in Seven Hills to hear the issues of constituents in a mobile office.

“I’m very grateful to the people of Greenway for putting their trust in me,” Ms Rowland said.

“I’m straight back into work with a mobile office in Boomerang Place, Seven Hills.”

During her victory speech on Saturday night she acknowledged it had been “a very tough campaign’’.

A voter at Kellyville Ridge Public School shake hands with Greenway MP Michelle Rowland on election day.

“Thanks to the people of Greenway, I will not let you down,’’ she said.

“I’m very humbled and privilege to be returned.”

Liberal candidate Yvonne Keane had hoped to take the seat after Labor’s margin fell to 3 per cent at the 2013 election. Mrs Keane received 26,570 first preferences.

In her thank you post to supporters on Facebook, Mrs Keane said she was proud, “beyond measure, of the campaign we ran”.

Liberal candidate Yvonne Keane had hoped to take the seat of Greenway, however, it wasn’t meant to be this election.

“It was tight and clean – underpinned with integrity, honesty and hard work,” she said.

Out early during election day was Christian Democrat Aaron Wright who said he was happy as a lot of the minor parties were getting greater interest this election.

He ended up coming in third with 3943 votes.

The Greens candidate Chris Winslow had polled 3.47 per cent of first preferences, coming in fourth with 2690 votes. On election day Ms Rowland spent the first half of her day at Kellyville Ridge Public School.

She was later joined by former premier Bob Carr when she visited Caddies Creek Public School in Glenwood.

Jobs, health, the NBN rollout and manufacturing were among the major issues which featured during the campaign.

The long line of voters at Kellyville Ridge Public School.

At most of the polling booths on Saturday there were long lines to vote, however, young members of the community, such as brothers Bae and Kai Hickey of Quakers Hill, decided to sit it out and read their comics while their father to vote at Hambledon Public School.

The cake stall at Kellyville Ridge Public School was very popular and the P&C, along with teachers of Hambledon Public School, did a good job of operating their sausage sizzle.

Hambledon Public School's Election Day sausage sizzle with Kevin Corkery P & C President Ty Hayes, P & C vice-president Craig Bennett and deputy principal Graham Wilkins

Parklea Public School P&C vice-president Jason Clinch said they managed to sell 300 sausage sandwiches and 200 bacon and egg rolls, plus 150 cakes, raising up to $3000 for their school, thanks to voters on election day.