Electoral district of Lake Macquarie
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Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by the independent Greg Piper.
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[edit] Members for Lake Macquarie
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Simpson | Labor | 1950—1968 | |
| Merv Hunter | Labor | 1969—1991 | |
| Jeff Hunter | Labor | 1991—2007 | |
| Greg Piper | Independent | 2007—present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lake Macquarie
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Lake Macquarie[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Greg Piper | 19,678 | 43.7 | +13.4 | |
| Liberal | John McDonald | 12,644 | 28.1 | +8.6 | |
| Labor | Marcus Mariani | 8,385 | 18.6 | -21.9 | |
| Greens | Charmian Eckersley | 3,094 | 6.9 | +1.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | Kim Gritten | 1,269 | 2.8 | +0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,070 | 97.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,392 | 3.0 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 46,462 | 93.4 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Greg Piper | 25,356 | 64.9 | +14.7 | |
| Liberal | John McDonald | 13,733 | 35.1 | +35.1 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +14.7 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ 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=24. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- "Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/lake_macquarie. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
