Electoral district of Myall Lakes
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Myall Lakes New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Tanya Thompson | ||||||||||||||
Party | The Nationals | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Myall Lakes | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 57,689 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 5,023.82 km2 (1,939.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
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Myall Lakes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Stephen Bromhead of The Nationals until his death in 2023.
Myall Lakes covers most of the Mid-Coast Council in the Mid North Coast region which includes the suburbs and towns of Forster, Tuncurry, Bulahdelah, Nabiac, Failford, Pacific Palms, Smiths Lake, Bungwahl, Coolongolook and Wootton, Taree, Cundletown, Wingham, Tinonee, Old Bar, Krambach, Nabiac, Possum Brush and Hallidays Point.[1]
History
Myall Lakes was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.
Members for Myall Lakes
Member | Party | Term | |
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John Turner [2] | National | 1988–2011 | |
Stephen Bromhead [3] | National | 2011–2023 | |
Tanya Thompson | National | 2023–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Tanya Thompson | 24,809 | 47.1 | −1.5 | |
Independent | Jason Bendall | 9,567 | 18.2 | +18.2 | |
Labor | Mark Vanstone | 9,460 | 18.0 | −11.2 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Keys Manley | 4,747 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Greens | Eleanor Spence | 2,843 | 5.4 | −0.2 | |
Sustainable Australia | Maree McDonald-Pritchard | 1,260 | 2.4 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 52,686 | 96.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,786 | 3.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,472 | 88.8 | −1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Tanya Thompson | 28,362 | 65.8 | +6.5 | |
Labor | Mark Vanstone | 14,731 | 34.2 | −6.5 | |
National hold | Swing | +6.5 |
References
- ^ "Myall Lakes". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Harcourt Turner (1949- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Stephen Bruce Bromhead MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Myall Lakes, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Myall Lakes, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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