Electoral district of Hawkesbury

Hawkesbury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1920 1927–present
MP	Dominic Perrottet
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake	Hawkesbury River
Electors	53,064 (2015)
Area	3,171.18 km^2 (1,224.4 sq mi)

Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Dominic Perrottet of the Liberal Party of Australia.

It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both the Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire, including the suburbs and towns of Berambing, Berowra Creek, Bilpin, Blaxlands Ridge, Bligh Park, Bowen Mountain, Canoelands, Cattai, Central Colo, Central Macdonald, Clarendon, Colo, Colo Heights, Cornwallis, Cumberland Reach, East Kurrajong, Ebenezer, Fernances, Forest Glen, Freemans Reach, Glenorie, Glossodia, Grose Vale, Grose Wold, Higher Macdonald, Hobartville, Kenthurst, Kurmond, Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights, Kurrajong Hills, Laughtondale, Leets Vale, Lower Hawkesbury, Lower Macdonald, Lower Portland, Maraylya, Maroota, Mcgraths Hill, Mellong, Middle Dural, Mogo Creek, Mountain Lagoon, Mulgrave, North Richmond, Oakville, Perrys Crossing, Pitt Town, Pitt Town Bottoms, Richmond, Richmond Lowlands, Round Corner, Sackville, Sackville North, Scheyville, Singletons Mill, South Maroota, South Windsor, St Albans, Ten Mile Hollow, Tennyson, The Slopes, Upper Colo, Upper Macdonald, Vineyard, Webbs Creek, Wheeny Creek, Wilberforce, Windsor, Windsor Downs, Wisemans Ferry, Wrights Creek, Yarramundi and parts of Agnes Banks, Dural and Putty.^[1]

History

Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the Hawkesbury River. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1927.^[2]

Members for Hawkesbury

First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Darvall	None	1859–1860		William Piddington	None	1859–1877
	James Cunneen	None	1860–1869
	Henry Moses	None	1869–1880
					Alexander Bowman	None	1877–1880

(1880–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Bowman	None	1880–1882
	Henry McQuade	None	1882–1885
	Alexander Bowman	None	1885–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1892
	Sydney Burdekin	Free Trade	1892–1894
	William Morgan	Independent Free Trade	1894–1895
		Free Trade	1895–1901
	Brinsley Hall	Progressive	1901–1907
		Liberal Reform	1907–1917
	Bruce Walker	Independent	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bruce Walker	Nationalist	1927–1932
	Ronald Walker	United Australia	1932–1941
	Frank Finnan	Labor	1941–1950
	Bernie Deane	Liberal	1950–1972
	Kevin Rozzoli	Liberal	1973–2003
	Steven Pringle	Liberal	2003–2006
		Independent	2006–2007
	Ray Williams	Liberal	2007–2015
	Dominic Perrottet	Liberal	2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Hawkesbury^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dominic Perrottet	26,530	56.6	−9.9
	Labor	Barry Calvert	10,520	22.4	+7.1
	Greens	Danielle Wheeler	3,534	7.5	−2.8
	Independent	Kate Mackaness	2,845	6.1	+6.1
	Christian Democrats	Caroline Fraser	1,250	2.7	−1.1
	No Land Tax	Victor Alberts	935	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Ralph Harlander	733	1.6	+1.6
		Tania Rollinson	518	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			46,865	95.8	−0.2
Informal votes			2,063	4.2	+0.2
Turnout			48,928	92.2	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dominic Perrottet	27,866	67.8	−10.6
	Labor	Barry Calvert	13,246	32.2	+10.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.6

References

1. "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
2. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
3. State Electoral District of Hawkesbury: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
4. State Electoral District of Hawkesbury: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2015.