Electoral district of Blue Mountains
Appearance
Blue Mountains New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Trish Doyle | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Blue Mountains | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 59,088 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,422.63 km2 (549.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Blue Mountains is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Trish Doyle of the Labor Party.
History
[edit]The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 45,289 electors on 29 April 2007.[1][2][3][4] Since the 2007 election it has encompassed all of the City of Blue Mountains, except Glenbrook and Lapstone.[5]
Members for Blue Mountains
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
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Harold Coates [6] | Independent | 1968–1976 | |
Mick Clough [7] | Labor | 1976–1981 | |
Bob Debus [8] | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
Barry Morris [9] | Liberal | 1988–1994 | |
Independent | 1994–1995 | ||
Bob Debus [8] | Labor | 1995–2007 | |
Phil Koperberg [10] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Roza Sage [11] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
Trish Doyle [12] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Trish Doyle | 28,613 | 53.9 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Sophie-Anne Bruce | 12,640 | 23.8 | −5.7 | |
Greens | Jenna Condie | 6,669 | 12.6 | +0.5 | |
Animal Justice | Greg Keightley | 2,285 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
Informed Medical Options | Michelle Palmer | 1,901 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Sustainable Australia | Richard Marschall | 948 | 1.8 | −1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 53,056 | 97.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,143 | 2.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,199 | 91.7 | −1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Trish Doyle | 35,536 | 71.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Sophie-Anne Bruce | 13,893 | 28.1 | −8.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.3 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2006.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blue Mountains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Blue Mountains". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr Harold George Coates (1917-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ a b "The Hon. (Bob) Robert John Debus (1943- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr Barry John Morris (1935-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Phil) Philip Christian Koperberg (1943- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Roza Eva Maria Sage". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Ms (Trish) Trisha Lee Doyle". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.