Coffs Harbour New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1981–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Gurmesh Singh | ||||||||||||||
Party | National Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Coffs Harbour | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 55,338 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,173.73 km2 (453.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Coffs Harbour is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Since 2019 it has been represented by Gurmesh Singh of the National Party.
The district takes in the entirety of the City of Coffs Harbour and includes the localities of Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Coramba, Korora Bay, Moonee Beach, Emerald Beach, Woolgoolga, Arrawarra, Corindi Beach and Red Rock.[1]
Member | Party | Period | |
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Matt Singleton[2] | National | 1981–1990 | |
Andrew Fraser[3] | National | 1990–2019 | |
Gurmesh Singh[4] | National | 2019–present |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Coffs Harbour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Gurmesh Singh | 25,319 | 51.43 | +8.61 | |
Labor | Tony Judge | 10,263 | 20.85 | +3.16 | |
Independent | Sally Townley | 5,978 | 12.14 | −5.25 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Tihema Elliston | 2,917 | 5.93 | +5.93 | |
Greens | Tim Nott | 2,814 | 5.72 | −0.81 | |
Animal Justice | Kellie Pearce | 1,096 | 2.23 | −0.47 | |
Sustainable Australia | Ruth Cully | 842 | 1.71 | +1.71 | |
Total formal votes | 49,229 | 97.20 | +0.95 | ||
Informal votes | 1,416 | 2.80 | −0.95 | ||
Turnout | 50,645 | 87.58 | −1.29 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Gurmesh Singh | 27,458 | 63.24 | +2.47 | |
Labor | Tony Judge | 15,958 | 36.76 | −2.47 | |
National hold | Swing | +2.47 |