Electoral district of Epping

Epping is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Dominic Perrottet of the Liberal Party.

Epping
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1999–present
MPDominic Perrottet
PartyLiberal
NamesakeEpping
Electors54,489 (2019)
Area31.68 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
Electorates around Epping:
Castle Hill Hornsby Hornsby
Baulkham Hills Epping Ku-ring-gai
Parramatta Ryde Ryde

It includes the suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, North Epping and parts of Epping, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Dural, Eastwood, Pennant Hills and West Pennant Hills.[1]

The seat was created in 1999, largely replacing Eastwood.[2] Like its predecessor, it is a comfortably safe Liberal seat.

Members for Epping

Member Party Period
  Andrew Tink[3] Liberal 1999–2007
  Greg Smith[4] Liberal 2007–2015
  Damien Tudehope[5] Liberal 2015–2019
  Dominic Perrottet[6] Liberal 2019–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Epping[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominic Perrottet 27,506 55.88 +1.54
Labor Alan Mascarenhas 13,652 27.73 +8.04
Greens Simon Margan 5,143 10.45 −3.69
Independent Victor Waterson 1,544 3.14 +3.14
Keep Sydney Open Samuel Lyndon 1,379 2.80 +2.80
Total formal votes 49,224 97.73 +0.19
Informal votes 1,145 2.27 −0.19
Turnout 50,369 92.44 −0.65
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dominic Perrottet 28,584 62.38 −3.85
Labor Alan Mascarenhas 17,238 37.62 +3.85
Liberal hold Swing−3.85

References

  1. "Epping". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. Epping. New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News (Australia).
  3. "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. "The Hon. Gregory Eugene Smith". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Damien Francis Tudehope MP". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. "Epping: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  8. "Epping: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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