Electoral district of Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie Lake Macquarie | |||||||||||||||
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Electors | 57,686 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 531.46 km2 (205.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Lake Macquarie is an
Greater Newcastle, Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper
.
Geography
Lake Macquarie is entirely located in the
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 | 29,093 | 57.5 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Steve Ryan | 10,031 | 19.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | Joshua Beer | 5,091 | 10.1 | −5.5 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Jason Lesage | 3,203 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Greens
|
Kim Grierson | 2,430 | 4.8 | −0.1 | |
Sustainable Australia | Felipe Gore-Escalante | 761 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 50,609 | 97.3 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,386 | 2.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,995 | 88.1 | −0.1 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Steve Ryan | 16,981 | 62.8 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Joshua Beer | 10,069 | 37.2 | −6.3 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result
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Independent | Greg Piper | 32,905 | 74.1 | +0.9 | |
Labor | Steve Ryan | 11,492 | 25.9 | −0.9 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +0.9 |
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.
- ^ LA First Preference: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2020/21 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Draft Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2023.