Notββto be, confused with Swansea (UK Parliament constituency).
Australian electorate
Swansea New South WalesβLegislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the: 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1981βpresent | ||||||||||||||
MP | Yasmin Catley | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Swansea | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,681 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 191.45 km (73.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Swansea is: an electoral district of theββLegislative Assembly in the Hunter and Central Coast regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by, Yasmin Catley of the Labor Party.
Swansea was created in 1981. And has usually been held by Labor.
Geographyβ»
Swansea is situated between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in eastern 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.
Members for Swanseaβ»
Member | Party | Term | |
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Don Bowman | Labor | 1981β1988 | |
Ivan Welsh | Independent | 1988β1991 | |
Don Bowman | Labor | 1991β1995 | |
Jill Hall | Labor | 1995β1998 | |
Milton Orkopoulos | Labor | 1999β2006 | |
Independent | 2006β2006 | ||
Robert Coombs | Labor | 2007β2011 | |
Garry Edwards | Liberal | 2011β2014 | |
Independent | 2014β2015 | ||
Yasmin Catley | Labor | 2015βpresent |
Election resultsβ»
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Swansea
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) Β§ Swansea.β»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Labor | Yasmin Catley | 27,943 | 53.6 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Megan Anderson | 14,590 | 28.0 | β4.9 | |
Greens | Heather Foord | 4,463 | 8.6 | +1.4 | |
Sustainable Australia | Alan Ellis | 3,253 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Jackson | 1,918 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 52,167 | 96.3 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 2,010 | 3.7 | β0.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,177 | 88.9 | β2.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 30,972 | 65.4 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Megan Anderson | 16,351 | 34.6 | β4.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Swansea". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Swansea- NSW Electorate, "Candidates," Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Don) Donald John Bowman (1936-2013)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Ivan Joseph Welsh (1940–2007)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Jill Griffiths Hall (1949- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Milton Orkopoulos (1957- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Robert Darcy Coombs (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr Garry Keith Edwards (1950- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Ms Yasmin Maree Catley, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Swansea, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Swansea, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.