Electoral district of Summer Hill

Summer Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jo Haylen of the Labor Party.

Summer Hill
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Created2015
MPJo Haylen
PartyLabor Party
Electors56,545 (2019)
Area15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi)
Electorates around Summer Hill:
Drummoyne Drummoyne Balmain
Strathfield Summer Hill Newtown
Canterbury Rockdale Heffron

Summer Hill is an urban electorate in Sydney's inner west centred on the suburb of Summer Hill from which it takes its name. It also includes the suburbs of Ashbury, Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Haberfield, Lewisham and Marrickville.[1]

Summer Hill is one of two new electorates (the other being Newtown) created in place of the abolished Marrickville for the 2015 state election. It takes its territory from areas previously belonging to the districts of Balmain, Canterbury, Marrickville and Strathfield.[2]

Members for Summer Hill

Member Party Term
  Jo Haylen[3] Labor 2015–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Summer Hill[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jo Haylen 22,639 46.41 +3.14
Liberal Leo Wei 11,380 23.33 −0.50
Greens Tom Raue 10,055 20.61 −6.70
Keep Sydney Open Andrea Makris 2,791 5.72 +5.72
Animal Justice Teresa Romanovsky 1,227 2.52 +2.52
Sustainable Australia Dale Sinden 693 1.42 +1.42
Total formal votes 48,785 97.11 +0.45
Informal votes 1,451 2.89 −0.45
Turnout 50,236 88.84 −1.06
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jo Haylen 32,023 72.30 +2.16
Liberal Leo Wei 12,271 27.70 −2.16
Labor hold Swing+2.16

References

  1. "Map of electorate of Summer Hill" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. "Summer Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. "Ms (Jo) Joanna Elizabeth Haylen, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. "Summer Hill: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. "Summer Hill: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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