Electoral district of Linden

Linden is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in Wentworth Metropolis, first contested at the 1950 federal election. It is the northernmost electorate in Wentworth, located in the city's northern suburbs. It is named after activist and Social Democratic politician Albert Linden.

The sitting member, since the 2002 election, is Kim Flowers, a member of the Social Democratic Party.

History
Linden was created at the 1950 redistribution with the expansion of the Enderronian Parliament. It has always been based in Wentworth's outer northern suburbs. In its original form, it was heavily polarised, split between the working class suburbs in the west and middle class waterfront suburbs in the east. From 1950 to 1958 it was held by the Social Democrats, before being lost to the United Party. Roger Baker held the seat for the party until his retirement in 1990, often on tenuous margins; United never held the seat by more than 4.5 percent except at the 1986 election, in which the margin blew out to 11.3 percent.

At the 1990 redistribution, a new electorate, Olympia, was created by carving out the eastern portion of Linden. The effect of this redistribution was a significant part of the conservative vote had shifted to the new electorate, while the remaining parts of Linden leaned heavily towards the Social Democrats, which remains the case in the present day.