Electoral district of Prospect

Prospect; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location in Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	2015
MP	Hugh McDermott
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Prospect, New South Wales
Electors	54,422 (2019)
Area	70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan
	Electorates around Prospect:

Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name. It also includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill and Smithfield.[1]

Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.

Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.

Members for Prospect

Member		Party	Term
	Hugh McDermott [2]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Prospect [3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	24,235	51.73	+6.94
	Liberal	Matthew Hana	15,851	33.84	−4.61
	Independent	Milan Maksimovic	2,950	6.30	+6.30
	Greens	Dorothea Newland	2,345	5.01	−1.80
	Animal Justice	Catherine Ward	1,464	3.13	+3.13
Total formal votes			46,845	95.43	+0.26
Informal votes			2,242	4.57	−0.26
Turnout			49,087	90.20	−1.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	26,008	60.66	+7.26
	Liberal	Matthew Hana	16,867	39.34	−7.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.26

References

"Prospect". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
"Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
"Prospect: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
"Prospect: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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[1] "Prospect". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[NSW_Parl-2] "Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

[3] "Prospect: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[4] "Prospect: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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