Electoral district of Hawkesbury

Location in New South Wales

Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Steven Pringle, formerly of the Liberal Party of Australia, who contested the 2007 election as an independent but was defeated by Ray Williams of the Liberal Party of Australia. It is currently the safest seat with the largest margin of a sitting member in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

History

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.

Members for Hawkesbury

First incarnation (1859—1880, 2 members)
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
		None			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	Independent Free Trade	1894—1895
		Free Trade	1895—1901
	Brinsley Hall	Progressive	1901—1907
		Liberal Reform	1907—1917
	Bruce Walker	Independent	1917—1920
Second incarnation (1927—present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bruce Walker	Nationalist	1927—1932
	Ronald Walker	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—present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 2011: Hawkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ray Williams	35,793	75.4	+29.7
	Labor	Peter Wicks	5,276	11.1	-4.9
	Greens	Leigh Williams	4,705	9.9	+3.4
	Christian Democrats	Muriel Sultana	1,726	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			47,500	97.3	-0.1
Informal votes			1,300	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			48,800	95.1
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Ray Williams	37,401	84.7	+28.7
	Labor	Peter Wicks	6,755	15.3	+15.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+28.7

External links

• "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/hawkesbury. Retrieved 2011-10-08.