Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle, Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.
| Lake Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1950–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Greg Piper | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 57,686 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 531.46 km2 (205.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
editLake Macquarie is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie, 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
edit| 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
edit| 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 | |||||
| Independent | Greg Piper | 32,905 | 74.1 | +0.9 | |
| Labor | Steve Ryan | 11,492 | 25.9 | −0.9 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
References
edit- ^ "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.