Baulkham Hills is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a 37.97km² electorate in Sydney's north-west, taking in the suburbs of Bella Vista, Baulkham Hills, Carlingford and North Rocks. There were 43,965 electors enrolled within the district as of the 1999 state election.
The Baulkham Hills electorate was first created in 1991, replacing the short-lived electorate of Carlingford (1988-1991). As with its predecessor, it covers a series of wealthy and largely conservative suburbs, and as such, Wayne Merton, the former Liberal member for Carlingford, had little difficulty winning the seat in 1991. Merton has shown little sign of being challenged ever since, having been comfortably returned at three elections, even amidst his party's landslide defeat at the 2003 election.
Members for Baulkham Hills
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Merton | Liberal | 1991—present | |
Election results
| New South Wales state election, 2007: Baulkham Hills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Wayne Merton | 23,153 | 51.5 | +5.9 | |
| Labor | Tony Hay | 13,940 | 31.0 | -5.3 | |
| Greens | Mark Rodowicz | 3,359 | 7.5 | +0.7 | |
| Christian Democrats | Godwin Goh | 2,173 | 4.8 | +0.4 | |
| Unity | Yan Li | 1,241 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| AAFI | Gregory Piol | 1,046 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 46,069 | 97.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,147 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 47,216 | 94.3 | |||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Wayne Merton | 24,717 | 60.3 | +6.3 | |
| Labor | Tony Hay | 16,282 | 39.7 | -6.3 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
External links
- "Baulkham Hills Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/baulkham_hills. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- "State Electoral District - Baulkham Hills Results 2007". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.baulkham%20hills.aspx. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- "State Electoral District - Baulkham Hills Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/baulkham_hills/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- "State Electoral District - Baulkham Hills Results 1999". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/baulkham_hills/results/1999. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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