Electoral district of Wallsend

Wallsend New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904 1917–1920 1927–1930 1968–present
MP	Sonia Hornery
Party	Australian Labor Party
Area	116.83 km^2 (45.1 sq mi)

Wallsend is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Sonia Hornery of the Australian Labor Party.^[1]

Wallsend is a Newcastle suburban electorate, deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, covering 116.83 km². It encompasses part or whole of the suburbs of Beresfield, Birmingham Gardens, Black Hill, Callaghan, Cardiff, Cardiff Heights, Elermore Vale, Fletcher, Glendale, Hexham, Jesmond, Lambton, Lenaghan, Maryland, Minmi, New Lambton, New Lambton Heights, Newcastle University, North Lambton, Rankin Park, Shortland, Tarro, Wallsend, Waratah and Waratah West.^[2] There were 56,506 people enrolled within the electorate as of January 2015.^[3]

History

Wallsend was initially settled as a coal mining area and has developed into one of the poorer dormitory areas for the industrial hub of Newcastle. Throughout its history Wallsend has been a safe Labor seat.

It was first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle, but was abolished in 1904 with the reduction of the size of the Legislative Assembly after Federation. It was recreated between 1917 but with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it was absorbed into Newcastle. In 1930, it was abolished and partly replaced by Waratah. It was finally recreated, largely from the district of Kurri Kurri, at the 1968 redistribution.

In its current incarnation it has had three members to date. The first was Ken Booth who eventually became the state treasurer in the Wran and Unsworth governments. He was succeeded by John Mills, who was in turn succeeded by Sonia Hornery.

Members for Wallsend

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	David Watkins	Labour	1894–1901
	John Estell	Labour	1901–1904
Second incarnation (1917—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	John Estell	Labor	1917–1920
Third incarnation (1927—1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Cameron	Labor	1927–1930
Fourth incarnation (1968—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ken Booth	Labor	1968–1988
	John Mills	Labor	1988–2007
	Sonia Hornery	Labor	2007–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Wallsend^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Sonia Hornery	29,034	58.4	+19.5
	Liberal	Hannah Eves	12,291	24.7	−2.2
	Greens	Aleona Swegen	5,330	10.7	+2.2
	Christian Democrats	Damien Cotton	1,706	3.4	+1.3
	No Land Tax	Tony Di Cosmo	1,341	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			49,702	96.1	+0.4
Informal votes			2,031	3.9	−0.4
Turnout			51,733	91.6	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sonia Hornery	32,124	70.8	+14.5
	Liberal	Hannah Eves	13,246	29.2	−14.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.5

References

1. "Parliament of New South Wales". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
2. "NSW Electoral Commission". Australian Electoral Profiles. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
3. "NSW Electoral Commission". Enrolment statistics. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
4. State Electoral District of Wallsend: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
5. State Electoral District of Wallsend: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

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