Bathurst
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1859–present
MPPaul Toole
PartyNational
NamesakeBathurst, New South Wales
Electors56,841 (2019)
Area14,992.77 km2 (5,788.7 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Bathurst:
Dubbo Upper Hunter Upper Hunter
Orange Bathurst Hawkesbury
Blue Mountains
Cootamundra Goulburn Wollondilly

Bathurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Paul Toole of the Nationals.

Bathurst is a regional electorate that encompasses the entirety of the local government areas of Bathurst Region, the City of Lithgow, Blayney Shire, Oberon Shire plus the southern part of Mid-Western Regional Council (including Rylstone, Kandos and Ilford).[1][2][3]

History

Bathurst was created in 1859, partly replacing Western Boroughs. Between 1920 and 1927, it absorbed parts of Hartley and Orange and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recreated as single-member electorates. It was held by the Labor party for 20 years until the Coalition's landslide win in 2011, where the Nationals candidate Paul Toole recorded a swing of 36.7%, the largest in state history. Of particular note was the suburb of Eglinton, where labour support plummeted from 854 of 1,690 (50.5%) to 180 of 1,690 (10.7%) first preference votes; a precipitous decline of 79%.[4] This trend was somewhat reversed in 2015, with Toole being re-elected by a margin of around 15,000 votes, a majority of almost two-thirds of the vote, but still down from the approximate 20,000 margin from 2011.

Members for Bathurst

(1859–1920, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  John Clements [5] None 1859–1860
  James Hart [6] None 1860–1864
  James Kemp [7] None 1864–1866
  William Suttor, Sr. [8] None 1866–1872
  Edward Combes [9] None 1872–1874
  Francis Suttor [10] None 1875–1887
  William Cortis [11] Free Trade 1887–1889
  William Paul [12] Free Trade 1889–1891
  Francis Suttor [10] Protectionist 1891–1894
  Sydney Smith [13] Free Trade 1894–1898
  Francis Suttor [10] Protectionist 1898–1900
  William Young [14] Protectionist 1900–1901
  Progressive 1901–1907
  John Miller [15] Liberal Reform 1907–1913
  Ernest Durack [16] Labor 1913–1917
  Valentine Johnston [17] Labor 1917–1920
(1920–1927, 3 members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Valentine Johnston [17] Labor 1920–1922   James Dooley [18] Labor 1920–1927   John Fitzpatrick [19] Nationalist 1920–1927
  Charles Rosenthal [20] Nationalist 1922–1925
  Gus Kelly [21] Labor 1925–1927
(1927–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Gus Kelly [21] Labor 1927–1932
  Gordon Wilkins [22] Country 1932–1935
  Gus Kelly [21] Labor 1935–1967
  Clive Osborne [23] Country 1967–1981
  Mick Clough [24] Labor 1981–1988
  David Berry [25] Liberal 1988–1991
  Mick Clough [24] Labor 1991–1999
  Gerard Martin [26] Labor 1999–2011
  Paul Toole [27] National 2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bathurst
2023 New South Wales state election: Bathurst[28][29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Paul Toole 29,873 57.0 +1.9
Labor Cameron Shaw 8,442 16.1 −4.4
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Craig Sinclair 3,850 7.3 −7.4
Greens Kay Nankervis 3,595 6.9 +1.3
Independent Martin Ticehurst 3,449 6.6 +6.6
Legalise Cannabis Antony Zbik 1,472 2.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Burchell Wilson 1,092 2.1 +2.1
Sustainable Australia Michael Begg 626 1.2 −1.4
Total formal votes 52,399 97.4 +0.4
Informal votes 1,400 2.6 −0.4
Turnout 53,799 90.5 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Paul Toole 32,850 73.6 +5.7
Labor Cameron Shaw 11,801 26.4 −5.7
National hold Swing +5.7

References

  1. ^ "Bathurst". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Andrew (29 March 2011). "Bathurst resident's historic swing his alone". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Mr John Findlater Clements (1819-1884)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr James Hart (1825-1873)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr James Ruthven Kemp (1833-1873)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr William Henry Suttor (Senior) (1805–1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Mr Edward Combes C.M.G. (1830-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (1839-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Dr William Richard Cortis (1847-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Mr William Henry Paul (1846-1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  13. ^ "The Hon. Sydney Smith (1856–1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Mr William White Young (1852-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Mr John Miller (1870-1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Mr Ernest Durack (1882-1967)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Mr Valentine Carlysle Ross Wood Johnston (1880–1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Mr James Thomas Dooley (1877-1950)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  19. ^ "The Hon. John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick (1862–1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (1875-1954)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  21. ^ a b c "The Hon. Christopher Augustus Kelly (1890-1967)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  22. ^ "Mr Gordon Wilkins(1885-1938)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Mr Clive Geoffrey Osborne (1923-1998)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  24. ^ a b "Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  25. ^ "Mr David John Berry (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Mr Gerard Francis Martin (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  27. ^ "The Hon. Paul Lawrence Toole MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  28. ^ LA First Preference: Bathurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  29. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Bathurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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