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Electoral district of Hawkesbury

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Hawkesbury
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1859–1920
1927–present
MPRobyn Preston
PartyLiberal
NamesakeHawkesbury River
Electors55,753 (2019)
Area3,171.18 km2 (1,224.4 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Electorates around Hawkesbury:
Bathurst Upper Hunter Cessnock
Bathurst Hawkesbury Hornsby
Blue Mountains Londonderry Castle Hill

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.

It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.[1]

History

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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 has been safely conservative for most of its existence. Labor held it for three terms after its 1941 victory. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1950 state election made it notionally Liberal, and it has remained in Liberal hands since.

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

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First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members)
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)
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

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2023 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robyn Preston 23,283 43.8 −6.8
Labor Amanda Kotlash 13,532 25.4 +5.7
One Nation Susane Popovski 5,476 10.3 +10.3
Greens Danielle Wheeler 3,977 7.5 +1.2
Independent Angela Maguire 2,275 4.3 +4.3
Small Business Eddie Dogramaci 2,025 3.8 +3.8
Independent Tony Pettitt 1,486 2.8 +2.8
Sustainable Australia Elissa Carrey 1,125 2.1 −0.4
Total formal votes 53,179 95.7 −0.4
Informal votes 2,368 4.3 +0.4
Turnout 55,547 90.8 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robyn Preston 26,004 59.8 −6.7
Labor Amanda Kotlash 17,460 40.2 +6.7
Liberal hold Swing −6.7

References

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  1. ^ "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. ^ LA First Preference: Hawkesbury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Hawkesbury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.