Electoral district of Charlestown

Charlestown
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Charlestown; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1971–present
MP	Jodie Harrison
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Charlestown, New South Wales
Electors	60,974 (2023)
Area	66.18 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
	Electorates around Charlestown:

Charlestown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Jodie Harrison of the Labor Party since the Charlestown by-election on 25 October 2014.^[1]

Geography

It is located within Greater Newcastle and includes 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]

History

The seat was created in 1971, replacing parts of the abolished districts of Hamilton and Kahibah. It was held continuously by Labor until the 2011 election, when it was won by Andrew Cornwell of the Liberal Party. Cornwell became an independent and moved to the crossbench on 6 August 2014 after accusations at ICAC.^[3] He resigned from parliament on 12 August 2014 after evidence of corruption was uncovered.^[4] Jodie Harrison won the subsequent by-election.^[1]

Members for Charlestown

	Party	Period
Jack Stewart ^[5]	Labor	1971–1972
Richard Face ^[6]	Labor	1972–2003
Matthew Morris ^[7]	Labor	2003–2011
Andrew Cornwell ^[8]	Liberal	2011–2014
Andrew Cornwell ^[8]	Independent	2014–2014
Jodie Harrison ^[9]	Labor	2014–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Charlestown^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jodie Harrison	30,432	57.4	+7.7
	Liberal	Jack Antcliff	13,178	24.9	−6.7
	Greens	Greg Watkinson	6,778	12.8	+1.6
	Sustainable Australia	Marie Rolfe	2,593	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			52,981	97.0	+0.6
Informal votes			1,632	3.0	−0.6
Turnout			54,613	89.6	−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jodie Harrison	35,300	71.1	+8.0
	Liberal	Jack Antcliff	14,358	28.9	−8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.0

References

^ ^a ^b "Charlestown - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Charlestown Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Two NSW Liberal MPs stand aside from the party following ICAC revelations on campaign funding". ABC News. 6 August 2014.
^ "Newcastle MP Tim Owen and Charlestown MP Andrew Cornwell resign from NSW Parliament following ICAC donations inquiry". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 August 2014.
^ "Mr John Julius Thomas Stewart (1910–1972)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "The Hon. (Richard) Jack Richard Face (1942- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Mr Matthew Allan Morris (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Mr Andrew Stuart Cornwell (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Ms Jodie Elizabeth Harrison, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ LA First Preference: Charlestown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Charlestown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[ABC_2019_Charlestown-1] "Charlestown - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[2] "Charlestown Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[3] "Two NSW Liberal MPs stand aside from the party following ICAC revelations on campaign funding". ABC News. 6 August 2014.

[4] "Newcastle MP Tim Owen and Charlestown MP Andrew Cornwell resign from NSW Parliament following ICAC donations inquiry". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 August 2014.

[Jack_Stewart_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr John Julius Thomas Stewart (1910–1972)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[Richard_Face_NSW_Parl-6] "The Hon. (Richard) Jack Richard Face (1942- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Matthew_Morris_NSW_Parl-7] "Mr Matthew Allan Morris (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[Andrew_Cornwell_NSW_Parl-8] "Mr Andrew Stuart Cornwell (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[Jodie_Harrison_NSW_Parl-9] "Ms Jodie Elizabeth Harrison, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[10] LA First Preference: Charlestown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[11] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Charlestown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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