Electoral district of Swansea
Swansea New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location in the Central Coast region | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1981–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Yasmin Catley | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,676 (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]
Swansea was created in 1981 and has usually been held by Labor.
Contents
1 Members for Swansea
2 Election results
3 References
4 External links
Members for Swansea
Member | Party | Term | |
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| Don Bowman | Labor | 1981–1988 |
| Ivan Welsh | Independent | 1988–1991 |
| Don Bowman | Labor | 1991–1995 |
| Jill Hall | Labor | 1995–1998 |
| Milton Orkopoulos | Labor | 1999–2006 |
| Independent | 2006–2006 | |
| Robert Coombs | Labor | 2007–2011 |
| Garry Edwards | Liberal | 2011–2014 |
| Independent | 2014–2015 | |
| Yasmin Catley | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Yasmin Catley | 21,712 | 45.0 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Johanna Uidam | 12,493 | 25.9 | −11.4 | |
Independent | Garry Edwards | 6,484 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Greens | Phillipa Parsons | 2,818 | 5.8 | −2.9 | |
Animal Justice | Joshua Agland | 1,402 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Chris Osborne | 1,360 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Christian Democrats | Luke Cubis | 1,322 | 2.7 | +0.3 | |
No Land Tax | Paul Doughty | 624 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 48,215 | 96.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,850 | 3.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,065 | 92.0 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 24,148 | 63.0 | +13.3 | |
Liberal | Johanna Uidam | 14,192 | 37.0 | −13.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.3 |
References
^ "Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ State Electoral District of Swansea: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
^ State Electoral District of Swansea: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
External links
"Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2015.