First timers make poll waves: News: SBS Federal Election coverage

First timers make poll waves: News: SBS Federal Election coverage: "Ed Husic - First Muslim MP

Ed Husic, the winning Labor candidate for Chifley in Western Sydney, describes himself as
'Blacktown, through and through' on his website.

A union man - he's the National President of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, Ed is the first 'Muslim' ever elected to the lower house.

Husic is the son of Bosnian parents, and describes himself as a 'non-practising' Muslim, but it's perhaps something of a milestone for this multi-cultural country where, in 2010, politics still looks decidedly different to the community as a whole.

Husic spoke of what he said was the vilification he experienced when standing as a candidate in 2004."