Electoral district of Charlestown
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Charlestown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Cornwell of the Liberal Party of Australia.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,196 electors on 29 April 2007.[1] At the 2007 election it will include part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Charlestown, Kahibah, Whitebridge, Dudley, Gateshead, Mount Hutton, Windale, Kotara South, Cardiff, Hillsborough, Warners Bay, Eleebana and Tingira Heights) and a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Adamstown and Kotara).[2]
[edit] Members for Charlestown
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Stewart | Labor | 1971—1972 | |
| Richard Face | Labor | 1972—2003 | |
| Matthew Morris | Labor | 2003—2011 | |
| Andrew Cornwell | Liberal | 2011—present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Charlestown
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Charlestown[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Andrew Cornwell | 19,085 | 43.8 | +25.2 | |
| Labor | Matthew Morris | 12,590 | 28.9 | -14.6 | |
| Greens | Paula Morrow | 3,672 | 8.4 | -1.8 | |
| Independent | Barry Johnston | 3,217 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
| Fishing Party | Craig Oaten | 1,869 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Christian Democrats | Steve Camilleri | 949 | 2.2 | -1.0 | |
| Family First | Bruce Foley | 943 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Independent | Ben McMullen | 539 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Adrian Schofield | 460 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | Arjay Martin | 228 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,552 | 96.5 | -0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,575 | 3.5 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 45,127 | 94.4 | +0.2 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Andrew Cornwell | 21,856 | 59.9 | +59.9 | |
| Labor | Matthew Morris | 14,661 | 40.1 | -16.9 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +59.9 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ "Redistribution Commissioners' Report". Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. http://efa.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2105/pagesivtovii300.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ "Charlestown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/charlestown. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results". NSW Parliamentary Library. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/5782D7DAA39DF57ACA25790B001FE146/$File/2011+New+South+Wales+Election+BP+3,2011.pdf#page=19. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
