Electoral district of Penrith
Penrith New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1973–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Stuart Ayres | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Penrith | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,565 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 75.61 km2 (29.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Penrith is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales since 1973.[1] It has been represented by Stuart Ayres of the Liberal Party since the 2010 by-election. It was a safe Labor seat for most of its history before 2010, but Ayres won the 2010 by-election with a swing of 25.7 percent—at the time, the biggest swing against a sitting government in New South Wales history.[2]
Penrith includes the suburbs of Penrith, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Jamisontown, Lapstone, Lemongrove, Leonay, South Penrith and parts of Blaxland, Caddens, Cambridge Park, Castlereagh, Cambridge Gardens, Cranebrook, Kingswood and Werrington.[3]
Members for Penrith[]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Ron Mulock [4] | Labor | 1973–1981 | |
Peter Anderson [5] | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
Guy Matheson [6] | Liberal | 1988–1991 | |
Faye Lo Po' [7] | Labor | 1991–2003 | |
Karyn Paluzzano [8] | Labor | 2003–2010 | |
Stuart Ayres [9] | Liberal | 2010–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Stuart Ayres | 19,561 | 40.04 | −5.59 | |
Labor | Karen McKeown | 17,415 | 35.65 | +2.79 | |
One Nation | Carl Halley | 3,510 | 7.18 | +7.18 | |
Greens | Nick Best | 2,454 | 5.02 | −0.51 | |
Independent | Mark Tyndall | 1,415 | 2.90 | +2.90 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Rodney Franich | 1,276 | 2.61 | +2.61 | |
Christian Democrats | David Burton | 1,095 | 2.24 | −1.66 | |
Animal Justice | Kaj McBeth | 885 | 1.81 | +1.81 | |
Independent | Marcus Cornish | 665 | 1.36 | +1.36 | |
Sustainable Australia | Geoff Brown | 577 | 1.18 | +1.18 | |
Total formal votes | 48,853 | 96.41 | +0.43 | ||
Informal votes | 1,819 | 3.59 | −0.43 | ||
Turnout | 50,672 | 89.58 | −1.91 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Stuart Ayres | 21,204 | 51.34 | −4.90 | |
Labor | Karen McKeown | 20,096 | 48.66 | +4.90 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.90 |
References[]
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Penrith". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Penrith- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Penrith". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Ronald Joseph Mulock (1930-2014)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Peter Thomas Anderson (1947- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Guy Kevin Vincent Matheson (1951- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Faye Lo Po' (1936- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Karyn Lesley Paluzzano (1960- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Stuart Laurence Ayres, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Penrith: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Penrith: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Categories:
- Electoral districts of New South Wales
- 1973 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 1973