Electoral district of Prospect
Prospect Labor Party | |||||||||||||||
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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
Western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect
from which it takes its name.
Prospect is represented by
Labor Party
.
History
Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.
Geography
On its current boundaries, Prospect includes the suburbs of
South Wentworthville and Smithfield.[1]
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 | 24,519 | 49.3 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | Kalvin Biag | 17,903 | 36.0 | −0.3 | |
Greens
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Sujan Selventhiran | 3,610 | 7.3 | +2.5 | |
Sustainable Australia | Peter Shafer | 1,892 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Animal Justice | Emily Walsh | 1,775 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 49,699 | 95.4 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,375 | 4.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,074 | 88.5 | +1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Hugh McDermott | 27,175 | 58.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Kalvin Biag | 19,137 | 41.3 | −0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
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.
- ^ LA First Preference: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.