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Electoral district of Swansea

Not to be confused with Swansea (UK Parliament constituency).

Swansea
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1981–present
MPYasmin Catley
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeSwansea
Electors60,916 (2023)
Area191.45 km2 (73.9 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Electorates around Swansea:
Lake Macquarie Charlestown Pacific Ocean
Lake Macquarie Swansea Pacific Ocean
Wyong Wyong Pacific Ocean

Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter and Central Coast regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Yasmin Catley of the Labor Party.

Swansea was created in 1981 and has usually been held by Labor.

Geography

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Swansea is situated between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in eastern City of Lake Macquarie and northeastern Central Coast Council. It includes Swansea and extends as far north as Valentine, Belmont North and Jewells and as far south as San Remo and Budgewoi.[1][2][3]

Members for Swansea

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Member Party Term
  Don Bowman [4] Labor 1981–1988
  Ivan Welsh [5] Independent 1988–1991
  Don Bowman [4] Labor 1991–1995
  Jill Hall [6] Labor 1995–1998
  Milton Orkopoulos [7] Labor 1999–2006
  Independent 2006–2006
  Robert Coombs [8] Labor 2007–2011
  Garry Edwards [9] Liberal 2011–2014
  Independent 2014–2015
  Yasmin Catley [10] Labor 2015–present

Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Swansea
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Swansea.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Swansea[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Yasmin Catley 27,943 53.6 +3.9
Liberal Megan Anderson 14,590 28.0 −4.9
Greens Heather Foord 4,463 8.6 +1.4
Sustainable Australia Alan Ellis 3,253 6.2 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jackson 1,918 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 52,167 96.3 +0.6
Informal votes 2,010 3.7 −0.6
Turnout 54,177 88.9 −2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Yasmin Catley 30,972 65.4 +4.8
Liberal Megan Anderson 16,351 34.6 −4.8
Labor hold Swing +4.8

References

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  1. ^ "Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Swansea". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Swansea- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Mr (Don) Donald John Bowman (1936-2013)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Ivan Joseph Welsh (1940–2007)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mrs Jill Griffiths Hall (1949- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Milton Orkopoulos (1957- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr Robert Darcy Coombs (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Mr Garry Keith Edwards (1950- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Ms Yasmin Maree Catley, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  11. ^ LA First Preference: Swansea, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  12. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Swansea, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.