Electoral district of Menai

Location within Sydney

Menai was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1999 to 2015. It was most recently represented by Melanie Gibbons of the Liberal Party of Australia. Currently, it is the only state seat in the state of New South Wales to have always been represented by a woman. This district was abolished in the 2013 redistribution, largely replaced by Holsworthy.^[1]

Members for Menai

Member		Party	Term
	Alison Megarrity	Labor	1999–2011
	Melanie Gibbons	Liberal	2011–2015

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2011: Menai^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Melanie Gibbons	27,593	61.0	+18.4
	Labor	Peter Scaysbrook	8,732	19.3	-26.1
	Greens	Simone Morrissey	3,502	7.7	+3.2
	Independent	Jim McGoldrick	3,040	6.7	+6.7
	Christian Democrats	Lindsay Johnson	2,371	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			45,238	96.8	-0.7
Informal votes			1,479	3.2	+0.7
Turnout			46,717	94.3	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Melanie Gibbons	29,954	74.4	+27.1
	Labor	Peter Scaysbrook	10,313	25.6	-27.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-27.1

References

1. "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution.
2. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

External links

• "Menai". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-09-30.