Electoral district of Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1950–present
MP	Greg Piper
Party	Independent
Area	531.46 km^2 (205.2 sq mi)

Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by the independent Greg Piper.

Lake Macquarie currently is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie and includes suburbs as far north as Killingworth, Boolaroo and Cardiff and as far east as Cardiff South.^[1] Suburbs further north are in Cessnock and Wallsend and suburbs further east are in Charlestown and Swansea.

Members for Lake Macquarie

Member		Party	Term
	Jim Simpson	Labor	1950–1968
	Merv Hunter	Labor	1969–1991
	Jeff Hunter	Labor	1991–2007
	Greg Piper	Independent	2007–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Lake Macquarie^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Greg Piper	20,251	42.5	+1.1
	Labor	Melissa Cleary	14,625	30.7	+10.2
	Liberal	Daniel Collard	8,007	16.8	−10.6
	Greens	Ivan Macfadyen	2,363	5.0	−1.7
	Animal Justice	Susan Strain	1,143	2.4	+2.4
	Christian Democrats	Kim Gritten	898	1.9	−0.9
	No Land Tax	Andrew Coroneo	412	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			47,699	96.8	+0.4
Informal votes			1,596	3.2	−0.4
Turnout			49,295	91.0	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Melissa Cleary	19,309	63.2	+20.6
	Liberal	Daniel Collard	11,262	36.8	−20.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Greg Piper	24,152	60.7	−3.9
	Labor	Melissa Cleary	15,646	39.3	+39.3
	Independent hold		Swing	−3.9

References

1. Macquarie "Lake Macquarie" Check |url= value (help). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
2. State Electoral District of Lake Macquarie: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Lake Macquarie: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2015.