Electoral district of Swansea
Swansea New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1981–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Yasmin Catley | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,681 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 191.45 km2 (73.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Yasmin Catley of the Labor Party.
Swansea is situated between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in southeastern City of Lake Macquarie and northeastern Central Coast Council. It includes Swansea and extends as far north as Valentine, Belmont North and Jewells and as far south as San Remo and Budgewoi.[1][2][3]
Swansea was created in 1981 and has usually been held by Labor.
Members for Swansea[]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Don Bowman [4] | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
Ivan Welsh [5] | Independent | 1988–1991 | |
Don Bowman [4] | Labor | 1991–1995 | |
Jill Hall [6] | Labor | 1995–1998 | |
Milton Orkopoulos [7] | Labor | 1999–2006 | |
Independent | 2006–2006 | ||
Robert Coombs [8] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Garry Edwards [9] | Liberal | 2011–2014 | |
Independent | 2014–2015 | ||
Yasmin Catley [10] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Yasmin Catley | 24,371 | 49.54 | +4.51 | |
Liberal | Dean Bowman | 16,123 | 32.78 | +6.86 | |
Greens | Doug Williamson | 3,428 | 6.97 | +1.12 | |
Animal Justice | Julia Riseley | 2,714 | 5.52 | +2.61 | |
Conservatives | Glenn Seddon | 2,556 | 5.20 | +5.20 | |
Total formal votes | 49,192 | 95.67 | −0.63 | ||
Informal votes | 2,224 | 4.33 | +0.63 | ||
Turnout | 51,416 | 90.71 | −1.27 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 26,792 | 60.56 | −2.42 | |
Liberal | Dean Bowman | 17,449 | 39.44 | +2.42 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.42 |
References[]
- ^ "Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Swansea". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Swansea- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr (Don) Donald John Bowman (1936-2013)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Ivan Joseph Welsh (1940–2007)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Jill Griffiths Hall (1949- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Milton Orkopoulos (1957- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Robert Darcy Coombs (1959- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr Garry Keith Edwards (1950- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Ms Yasmin Maree Catley, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Swansea: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Swansea: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Categories:
- Electoral districts of New South Wales
- Constituencies established in 1981
- 1981 establishments in Australia
- City of Lake Macquarie