Electoral district of Charlestown

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Charlestown
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Charlestown.svg
Electoral district of Charlestown
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1971–present
MP Jodie Harrison
Party Labor Party
Namesake Charlestown, New South Wales
Electors 55,720 (2019)
Area66.18 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Charlestown:
Wallsend Wallsend Newcastle
Lake Macquarie Charlestown Pacific Ocean
Lake Macquarie Swansea Pacific Ocean

Charlestown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Jodie Harrison of the Labor Party since the Charlestown by-election on 25 October 2014. [1]

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Geography

It is located within Greater Newcastle and includes part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Charlestown, Kahibah, Whitebridge, Dudley, Gateshead, Mount Hutton, Windale, Kotara South, Cardiff, Hillsborough, Warners Bay, Eleebana and Tingira Heights) and a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Adamstown and Kotara). [2]

History

The seat was created in 1971, replacing parts of the abolished districts of Hamilton and Kahibah. It was held continuously by Labor until the 2011 election, when it was won by Andrew Cornwell of the Liberal Party. Cornwell became an independent and moved to the crossbench on 6 August 2014 after accusations at ICAC. [3] He resigned from parliament on 12 August 2014 after evidence of corruption was uncovered. [4] Jodie Harrison won the subsequent by-election. [1]

Members for Charlestown

MemberPartyPeriod
  Jack Stewart [5] Labor 1971–1972
  Richard Face [6] Labor 1972–2003
  Matthew Morris [7] Labor 2003–2011
  Andrew Cornwell [8] Liberal 2011–2014
  Independent 2014–2014
  Jodie Harrison [9] Labor 2014–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Charlestown [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jodie Harrison 30,43257.4+7.7
Liberal Jack Antcliff13,17824.9−6.7
Greens Greg Watkinson6,77812.8+1.6
Sustainable Australia Marie Rolfe2,5934.9+4.9
Total formal votes52,98197.0+0.6
Informal votes1,6323.0−0.6
Turnout 54,61389.6−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jodie Harrison 35,30071.1+8.0
Liberal Jack Antcliff14,35828.9−8.0
Labor hold Swing +8.0

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