Summary
Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Robyn Preston of the Liberal Party.
| Hawkesbury 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 | 1859–1920 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Robyn Preston | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Hawkesbury River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,753 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,171.18 km2 (1,224.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.[1]
History edit
Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the Hawkesbury River. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1927.[2][3]
Hawkesbury is a conservative seat, having been won by the main centre-right party at every election since 1947. At the Liberal Party landslide victory in 2011, Liberal candidate Ray Williams achieved 84.7% of the two-party preferred vote, with a primary vote share of 75.4%.
Members for Hawkesbury edit
| First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members) | |||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| John Darvall | None | 1859–1860 | William Piddington | None | 1859–1877 | ||
| James Cunneen | None | 1860–1869 | |||||
| Henry Moses | None | 1869–1880 | |||||
| Alexander Bowman | None | 1877–1880 | |||||
| (1880–1920, 1 member) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Alexander Bowman | None | 1880–1882 | |
| Henry McQuade | None | 1882–1885 | |
| Alexander Bowman | None | 1885–1887 | |
| Free Trade | 1887–1892 | ||
| Sydney Burdekin | Free Trade | 1892–1894 | |
| William Morgan | Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
| Free Trade | 1895–1901 | ||
| Brinsley Hall | Progressive | 1901–1907 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1907–1917 | ||
| Bruce Walker Sr | Independent | 1917–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Bruce Walker Sr | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
| Bruce Walker Jr | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
| Frank Finnan | Labor | 1941–1950 | |
| Bernie Deane | Liberal | 1950–1972 | |
| Kevin Rozzoli | Liberal | 1973–2003 | |
| Steven Pringle | Liberal | 2003–2006 | |
| Independent | 2006–2007 | ||
| Ray Williams | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Dominic Perrottet | Liberal | 2015–2019 | |
| Robyn Preston | Liberal | 2019–present | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Robyn Preston | 23,283 | 43.8 | −6.8 | |
| Labor | Amanda Kotlash | 13,532 | 25.4 | +5.7 | |
| One Nation | Susane Popovski | 5,476 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
| Greens | Danielle Wheeler | 3,977 | 7.5 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Angela Maguire | 2,275 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Small Business | Eddie Dogramaci | 2,025 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Independent | Tony Pettitt | 1,486 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Elissa Carrey | 1,125 | 2.1 | −0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 53,179 | 95.7 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,368 | 4.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 55,547 | 90.8 | +1.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Robyn Preston | 26,004 | 59.8 | −6.7 | |
| Labor | Amanda Kotlash | 17,460 | 40.2 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.7 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Hawkesbury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Hawkesbury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.