Electoral district of Epping
Appearance
Epping New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Monica Tudehope | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Epping | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,489 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 31.68 km2 (12.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Epping is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Monica Tudehope since the 2024 Epping by-election
History
[edit]The seat was created in 1999, largely replacing Eastwood.[1] Like its predecessor, it was a comfortably safe Liberal seat until 2023 when Perrottet suffered a huge swing against him, making it a marginal seat.
Geography
[edit]On its current boundaries, Epping includes the suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, North Epping and parts of Epping, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Dural, Eastwood, North Parramatta, Pennant Hills and West Pennant Hills.[2]
Members for Epping
[edit]Member | Party | Period | Notes | |
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Andrew Tink [3] | Liberal | 1999–2007 | ||
Greg Smith [4] | Liberal | 2007–2015 | ||
Damien Tudehope [5] | Liberal | 2015–2019 | ||
Dominic Perrottet [6] | Liberal | 2019–2024 | Premier of New South Wales from 5 October 2021 until 28 March 2023 | |
Monica Tudehope | Liberal | 2024–present | Elected at the 2024 Epping state by-election |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dominic Perrottet | 25,439 | 48.9 | −5.4 | |
Labor | Alan Mascarenhas | 17,599 | 33.9 | +5.4 | |
Greens | Phil Bradley | 5,489 | 10.6 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Victor Waterson | 1,322 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Animal Justice | Carmen Terceiro | 1,091 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Sustainable Australia | Bradley Molloy | 1,045 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 51,985 | 97.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,279 | 2.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,264 | 90.7 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dominic Perrottet | 26,648 | 54.8 | −6.5 | |
Labor | Alan Mascarenhas | 22,013 | 45.2 | +6.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. Epping. New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News (Australia).
- ^ "Epping". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Gregory Eugene Smith". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Damien Francis Tudehope MP". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Epping, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Epping, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.