Electoral district of Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1950–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Greg Piper | ||||||||||||||
Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 57,686 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 531.46 km2 (205.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle, Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.
Lake Macquarie is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle and includes suburbs as far north as Killingworth, Boolaroo and Cardiff and as far east as Cardiff South.[1] Suburbs further north are in Cessnock and Wallsend and suburbs further east are in Charlestown and Swansea.
Members for Lake Macquarie[]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Jim Simpson [2] | Labor | 1950–1968 | |
Merv Hunter [3] | Labor | 1969–1991 | |
Jeff Hunter [4] | Labor | 1991–2007 | |
Greg Piper [5] | Independent | 2007–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Greg Piper | 26,811 | 53.53 | +11.08 | |
Labor | Jo Smith | 10,735 | 21.43 | −9.23 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 7,742 | 15.46 | −1.33 | |
Greens | Kim Grierson | 2,517 | 5.03 | +0.07 | |
Animal Justice | Laurance Taranto | 1,481 | 2.96 | +0.56 | |
Sustainable Australia | Marie Rolfe | 796 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Total formal votes | 50,082 | 96.48 | −0.28 | ||
Informal votes | 1,827 | 3.52 | +0.28 | ||
Turnout | 51,909 | 89.99 | −1.00 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jo Smith | 16,390 | 57.37 | −5.79 | |
Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 12,180 | 42.63 | +5.79 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Greg Piper | 31,164 | 72.11 | +11.42 | |
Labor | Jo Smith | 12,053 | 27.89 | −11.42 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +11.42 |
References[]
- ^ "Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Merv) Mervyn Leslie Hunter (1926-2013)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Jeff) Jeffery Hunter (1959- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Greg) Gregory Michael Piper, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Lake Macquarie: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Lake Macquarie: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Categories:
- Electoral districts of New South Wales
- City of Lake Macquarie
- 1950 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 1950