Charlestown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Matthew Morris of the Australian Labor Party.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,196 electors on 29 April 2007.[1] At the 2007 election it will include part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Charlestown, Kahibah, Whitebridge, Dudley, Gateshead, Mount Hutton, Windale, Kotara South, Cardiff, Hillsborough, Warners Bay, Eleebana and Tingira Heights) and a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Adamstown and Kotara).[2]
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Members for Charlestown
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Stewart | Labor | 1971–1972 | |
| Richard Face | Labor | 1972–2003 | |
| Matthew Morris | Labor | 2003–present | |
Election results
| New South Wales state election, 2007: Charlestown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Matthew Morris | 18,633 | 43.5 | -6.3 | |
| Independent | Paul Scarfe | 10,531 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
| Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 7,988 | 18.6 | -10.2 | |
| Greens | Jane Smith | 4,378 | 10.2 | +1.7 | |
| Christian Democrats | Jim Kendall | 1,342 | 3.1 | +0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 42,872 | 97.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,228 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,100 | 94.2 | |||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Matthew Morris | 21,139 | 57.0 | -6.3 | |
| Independent | Paul Scarfe | 15,924 | 43.0 | +43.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
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.
- ^ "Charlestown Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/charlestown. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
External links
- "State Electoral District - Charlestown Results 2007". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/charlestown/results_2007/perferential_count. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- "State Electoral District - Charlestown Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/charlestown/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- "State Electoral District - Charlestown Results 1999". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/charlestown/results/1999. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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