Lake Macquarie
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1950–present
MPGreg Piper
PartyIndependent
NamesakeLake Macquarie
Electors57,686 (2019)
Area531.46 km2 (205.2 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Electorates around Lake Macquarie:
Cessnock Cessnock Wallsend
Cessnock
Wyong		 Lake Macquarie Charlestown
Swansea
Wyong Wyong Swansea

Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle, Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.

Lake Macquarie is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle and includes suburbs as far north as Killingworth, Boolaroo and Cardiff and as far east as Cardiff South.[1] Suburbs further north are in Cessnock and Wallsend and suburbs further east are in Charlestown and Swansea.

Members for Lake Macquarie

Member Party Term
  Jim Simpson [2] Labor 1950–1968
  Merv Hunter [3] Labor 1969–1991
  Jeff Hunter [4] Labor 1991–2007
  Greg Piper [5] Independent 2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lake Macquarie
2023 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie[6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Greg Piper 29,093 57.5 +3.0
Labor Steve Ryan 10,031 19.8 −0.8
Liberal Joshua Beer 5,091 10.1 −5.5
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Jason Lesage 3,203 6.3 +6.3
Greens Kim Grierson 2,430 4.8 −0.1
Sustainable Australia Felipe Gore-Escalante 761 1.5 0.0
Total formal votes 50,609 97.3 +0.8
Informal votes 1,386 2.7 −0.8
Turnout 51,995 88.1 −0.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Steve Ryan 16,981 62.8 +6.3
Liberal Joshua Beer 10,069 37.2 −6.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Greg Piper 32,905 74.1 +0.9
Labor Steve Ryan 11,492 25.9 −0.9
Independent hold Swing +0.9

References

  1. ^ "Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr (Merv) Mervyn Leslie Hunter (1926-2013)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr (Jeff) Jeffery Hunter (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr (Greg) Gregory Michael Piper, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ^ LA First Preference: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ^ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "2020/21 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Draft Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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