Electoral district of Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Robyn Preston of the Liberal Party.
Hawkesbury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location in New South Wales | |
State | New South Wales |
Dates current | 1859–1920 1927–present |
MP | Robyn Preston |
Party | Liberal |
Namesake | Hawkesbury River |
Electors | 55,753 (2019) |
Area | 3,171.18 km2 (1,224.4 sq mi) |
It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both the Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire, including the suburbs and towns of Berambing, Berowra Creek, Bilpin, Blaxlands Ridge, Bligh Park, Bowen Mountain, Canoelands, Cattai, Central Colo, Central Macdonald, Clarendon, Colo, Colo Heights, Cornwallis, Cumberland Reach, East Kurrajong, Ebenezer, Fernances, Forest Glen, Freemans Reach, Glenorie, Glossodia, Grose Vale, Grose Wold, Higher Macdonald, Hobartville, Kenthurst, Kurmond, Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights, Kurrajong Hills, Laughtondale, Leets Vale, Lower Hawkesbury, Lower Macdonald, Lower Portland, Maraylya, Maroota, Mcgraths Hill, Mellong, Middle Dural, Mogo Creek, Mountain Lagoon, Mulgrave, North Richmond, Oakville, Perrys Crossing, Pitt Town, Pitt Town Bottoms, Richmond, Richmond Lowlands, Round Corner, Sackville, Sackville North, Scheyville, Singletons Mill, South Maroota, South Windsor, St Albans, Ten Mile Hollow, Tennyson, The Slopes, Upper Colo, Upper Macdonald, Vineyard, Webbs Creek, Wheeny Creek, Wilberforce, Windsor, Windsor Downs, Wisemans Ferry, Wrights Creek, Yarramundi and parts of Agnes Banks, Dural and Putty.[1]
History
Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the Hawkesbury River. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1927.[2][3]
Hawkesbury is a notably conservative seat, having been won by the main centre-right party at every election since 1947. At the Liberal Party landslide victory in 2011, Liberal candidate Ray Williams achieved 84.7% of the two-party preferred vote, with a primary vote share of 75.4%.
Members for Hawkesbury
First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
John Darvall | None | 1859–1860 | William Piddington | None | 1859–1877 | ||
James Cunneen | None | 1860–1869 | |||||
Henry Moses | None | 1869–1880 | |||||
Alexander Bowman | None | 1877–1880 | |||||
(1880–1920, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Alexander Bowman | None | 1880–1882 | |
Henry McQuade | None | 1882–1885 | |
Alexander Bowman | None | 1885–1887 | |
Free Trade | 1887–1892 | ||
Sydney Burdekin | Free Trade | 1892–1894 | |
William Morgan | Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
Free Trade | 1895–1901 | ||
Brinsley Hall | Progressive | 1901–1907 | |
Liberal Reform | 1907–1917 | ||
Bruce Walker Sr | Independent | 1917–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Bruce Walker Sr | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
Bruce Walker Jr | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
Frank Finnan | Labor | 1941–1950 | |
Bernie Deane | Liberal | 1950–1972 | |
Kevin Rozzoli | Liberal | 1973–2003 | |
Steven Pringle | Liberal | 2003–2006 | |
Independent | 2006–2007 | ||
Ray Williams | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
Dominic Perrottet | Liberal | 2015–2019 | |
Robyn Preston | Liberal | 2019–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robyn Preston | 25,127 | 51.34 | −5.27 | |
Labor | Peter Reynolds | 9,325 | 19.05 | −3.39 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Shane Djuric | 4,385 | 8.96 | +8.96 | |
Greens | Danielle Wheeler | 3,102 | 6.34 | −1.20 | |
Independent | Marie-Jeanne Bowyer | 2,290 | 4.68 | +4.68 | |
Animal Justice | Sarah Coogans | 1,394 | 2.85 | +2.85 | |
Independent | Eddie Dogramaci | 1,312 | 2.68 | +2.68 | |
Sustainable Australia | Elissa Carrey | 1,217 | 2.49 | +2.49 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Perran Costi | 789 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
Total formal votes | 48,941 | 96.13 | +0.34 | ||
Informal votes | 1,972 | 3.87 | −0.34 | ||
Turnout | 50,913 | 91.32 | −0.89 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robyn Preston | 26,935 | 67.48 | −0.30 | |
Labor | Peter Reynolds | 12,982 | 32.52 | +0.30 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.30 |
References
- "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- "Hawkesbury: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Hawkesbury: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.