Electoral district of The Entrance
The Entrance New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Location in the Central Coast region | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | David Mehan | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,363 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 124.21 km2 (48.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Entrance is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
The Entrance represents the towns and suburbs of Bateau Bay, Berkeley Vale, Blue Bay, Fountaindale, Glenning Valley, Kangy Angy, Killarney Vale, Lisarow, Long Jetty, Mount Elliot, Niagara Park, Ourimbah, Shelly Beach, Somersby, The Entrance, The Entrance North, Toowoon Bay, Tuggerah, Tumbi Umbi and Wyoming.[1]
Members for The Entrance[]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Bob Graham [2] | Liberal | 1988–1991 | |
Grant McBride [3] | Labor | 1992–2011 | |
Chris Spence [4] | Liberal | 2011–2014 | |
Independent | 2014–2015 | ||
David Mehan [5] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Mehan | 20,744 | 43.14 | +1.26 | |
Liberal | Brian Perrem | 18,145 | 37.73 | −6.15 | |
Greens | Stephen Pearson | 3,691 | 7.68 | −1.69 | |
Animal Justice | Maddy Richards | 2,034 | 4.23 | +4.23 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Jake Fitzpatrick | 1,263 | 2.63 | +2.63 | |
Sustainable Australia | Margaret Jones | 1,218 | 2.53 | +2.53 | |
Conservatives | Hadden Ervin | 991 | 2.06 | +2.06 | |
Total formal votes | 48,086 | 95.76 | −0.53 | ||
Informal votes | 2,130 | 4.24 | +0.53 | ||
Turnout | 50,216 | 89.09 | −1.37 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Mehan | 23,661 | 55.22 | +4.84 | |
Liberal | Brian Perrem | 19,189 | 44.78 | −4.84 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.84 |
References[]
- ^ "The Entrance". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Bob) Robert Leslie Graham (1943- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Grant Anthony McBride (1949-2018)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Chris) Christopher Edward Spence (1974- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr David Raymond Mehan MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "The Entrance: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "The Entrance: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
Categories:
- Electoral districts of New South Wales
- 1988 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 1988
- Central Coast (New South Wales)