Cessnock is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Kerry Hickey of the Australian Labor Party.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,176 electors on 29 April 2007.[1] At the 2007 election it will encompass all of City of Cessnock (including Cessnock and Kurri Kurri), a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Beresfield and Tarro), a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend) and a small part of Singleton Shire (including Belford).[2]
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History
Cessnock was created in 1913, but was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Maitland. It was recreated in 1927 and included much of the Central Coast until the creation of Gosford in 1950.
Members for Cessnock
| First incarnation (1913—1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Kearsley | Labor | 1913—1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Jack Baddeley | Labor | 1927—1949 | |
| John Crook | Labor | 1949—1959 | |
| George Neilly | Labor | 1959—1978 | |
| Bob Brown | Labor | 1978—1980 | |
| Stan Neilly | Labor | 1981—1988 | |
| Bob Roberts | Liberal | 1988—1991 | |
| Stan Neilly | Labor | 1991—1999 | |
| Kerry Hickey | Labor | 1999—present | |
Election results
| New South Wales state election, 2007: Cessnock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 24,026 | 54.8 | -3.8 | |
| National | Trevor Hollingshed | 13,754 | 31.4 | +12.8 | |
| Greens | James Ryan | 6,053 | 13.8 | +6.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,833 | 96.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,379 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 45,212 | 94.1 | |||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 25,347 | 62.4 | -6.7 | |
| National | Trevor Hollingshed | 15,264 | 37.6 | +6.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
References
- ^ "Redistribution Commissioners' Report". Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. http://efa.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2105/pagesivtovii300.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ "Cessnock Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/cessnock. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
External links
- "State Electoral District - Cessnock Results 2007". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.cessnock.aspx. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- "State Electoral District - Cessnock Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/cessnock/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
- "State Electoral District - Cessnock Results 1999". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/cessnock/results/1999. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
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