Electoral district of Castle Hill

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Ray Williams of the Liberal Party.

Castle Hill
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Created2007
MPRay Williams
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeCastle Hill
Electors58,240 (2019)
Area99.95 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan
Electorates around Castle Hill:
Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Hornsby
Riverstone Castle Hill Hornsby
Riverstone Baulkham Hills Epping

It is an urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Annangrove, Beaumont Hills, Box Hill, Glenhaven, Nelson and parts of Castle Hill, Dural, Kellyville, North Kellyville, Kenthurst, Maraylya, Middle Dural, Round Corner and Rouse Hill.[1]

The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills.

While the Hills District has long been Liberal heartland, Castle Hill is considered a particularly safe seat even by Hills standards. Counting its time as The Hills, the Liberals have always won an outright majority in this seat on the first count. However, in recent years, Labor has run dead here; in the three elections since its creation, Labor has been lucky to win 30 percent of the two-party vote.

As of the 2015 election, it is the safest seat in the state, with a 29.4 percent swing needed for Labor to win it.

Members for Castle Hill
Member Party Period
  Michael Richardson [2] Liberal 2007–2011
  Dominic Perrottet [3] Liberal 2011–2015
  Ray Williams [4] Liberal 2015–present

Election results
See also: Electoral results for the district of Castle Hill
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castle Hill[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Castle Hill [5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Williams 36,047 68.57 −2.41
Labor David Ager 10,455 19.89 +3.91
Greens David Field 4,116 7.83 +0.86
Sustainable Australia Herman Kuipers 1,953 3.72 +3.71
Total formal votes 52,571 97.49 +0.14
Informal votes 1,354 2.51 −0.14
Turnout 53,925 92.59 −0.53
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Williams 37,043 74.68 −4.72
Labor David Ager 12,561 25.32 +4.72
Liberal hold Swing−4.72

References
  1. "Castle Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Mr Michael John Richardson (1949– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. "Mr (Ray) Raymond Craig Williams MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. "Castle Hill: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. "Castle Hill: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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