Electoral district of Cessnock

Cessnock is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the rural fringe of the Hunter. It is represented by Clayton Barr of the Labor Party. It includes all of City of Cessnock (including Cessnock and Kurri Kurri), part of Singleton Council (including Broke and Belford) and a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend).[1]

Cessnock
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1913–1920
1927–present
MPClayton Barr
PartyLabor Party
Electors58,268 (2019)
Area4,389.03 km2 (1,694.6 sq mi)

History

Cessnock was created in 1913, but was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Maitland. It was recreated in 1927 and included much of the Central Coast until the creation of Gosford in 1950. It has historically been a safe Labor seat.

At the 2007 election, it encompassed all of City of Cessnock, a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Beresfield and Tarro), a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend) and a small part of Singleton Council (including Belford).[2] At the 2013 redistribution it gained Broke, Milbrodale and Wollombi from Upper Hunter and lost Beresfield and Tarro to Wallsend.[3]

Members for Cessnock

First incarnation (1913—1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  William Kearsley Labor 1913–1920
Second incarnation (1927—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jack Baddeley Labor 1927–1949
  John Crook Labor 1949–1959
  George Neilly Labor 1959–1978
  Bob Brown Labor 1978–1980
  Stan Neilly Labor 1981–1988
  Bob Roberts Liberal 1988–1991
  Stan Neilly Labor 1991–1999
  Kerry Hickey Labor 1999–2011
  Clayton Barr Labor 2011–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Cessnock[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clayton Barr 27,122 54.48 −7.74
National Josh Angus 12,081 24.27 +1.03
Greens Janet Murray 4,010 8.06 −0.36
Animal Justice Chris Parker 3,949 7.93 +7.93
Sustainable Australia Steve Russell 2,619 5.26 +5.26
Total formal votes 49,781 94.96 −0.64
Informal votes 2,643 5.04 +0.64
Turnout 52,424 89.97 −1.39
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clayton Barr 30,229 69.34 −2.67
National Josh Angus 13,364 30.66 +2.67
Labor hold Swing−2.67

References

  1. "Cessnock". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Cessnock Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 December 2006.
  3. Antony Green. "Electorate: Cessnock". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. "Cessnock: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. "Cessnock: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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