Electoral district of Prospect
Prospect New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Hugh McDermott | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Prospect, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,422 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name. It also includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill and Smithfield.[1]
Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.
Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.
Members for Prospect[]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Hugh McDermott [2] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Hugh McDermott | 24,235 | 51.73 | +6.94 | |
Liberal | Matthew Hana | 15,851 | 33.84 | −4.61 | |
Independent | Milan Maksimovic | 2,950 | 6.30 | +6.30 | |
Greens | Dorothea Newland | 2,345 | 5.01 | −1.80 | |
Animal Justice | Catherine Ward | 1,464 | 3.13 | +3.13 | |
Total formal votes | 46,845 | 95.43 | +0.26 | ||
Informal votes | 2,242 | 4.57 | −0.26 | ||
Turnout | 49,087 | 90.20 | −1.23 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Hugh McDermott | 26,008 | 60.66 | +7.26 | |
Liberal | Matthew Hana | 16,867 | 39.34 | −7.26 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.26 |
References[]
- ^ "Prospect". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Prospect: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Prospect: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Categories:
- Electoral districts of New South Wales
- 2015 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 2015