Electoral district of Castle Hill
Castle Hill New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 2007 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Ray Williams | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Castle Hill | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 58,240 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 99.95 km2 (38.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Ray Williams of the Liberal Party.
It is an urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Annangrove, Beaumont Hills, Box Hill, Glenhaven, Nelson and parts of Castle Hill, Dural, Kellyville, North Kellyville, Kenthurst, Maraylya, Middle Dural, Round Corner and Rouse Hill.[1]
The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills.
While the Hills District has long been Liberal heartland, Castle Hill is considered a particularly safe seat even by Hills standards. Counting its time as The Hills, the Liberals have always won an outright majority in this seat on the first count. However, in recent years, Labor has run dead here;[citation needed] in the three elections since its creation, Labor has been lucky to win 30 percent of the two-party vote.
As of the 2015 election, it is the safest seat in the state, with a 29.4 percent swing needed for Labor to win it.
Members for Castle Hill[]
Member | Party | Period | |
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Michael Richardson [2] | Liberal | 2007–2011 | |
Dominic Perrottet [3] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
Ray Williams [4] | Liberal | 2015–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ray Williams | 36,047 | 68.57 | −2.41 | |
Labor | David Ager | 10,455 | 19.89 | +3.91 | |
Greens | David Field | 4,116 | 7.83 | +0.86 | |
Sustainable Australia | Herman Kuipers | 1,953 | 3.72 | +3.71 | |
Total formal votes | 52,571 | 97.49 | +0.14 | ||
Informal votes | 1,354 | 2.51 | −0.14 | ||
Turnout | 53,925 | 92.59 | −0.53 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ray Williams | 37,043 | 74.68 | −4.72 | |
Labor | David Ager | 12,561 | 25.32 | +4.72 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.72 |
References[]
- ^ "Castle Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr Michael John Richardson (1949– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Ray) Raymond Craig Williams MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Castle Hill: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Castle Hill: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Electoral districts of New South Wales
- 2007 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 2007
- The Hills Shire