Charlestown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1971–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Jodie Harrison | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Charlestown, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 55,720 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 66.18 km2 (25.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
Member | Party | Period | |
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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 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jodie Harrison | 30,432 | 57.4 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Jack Antcliff | 13,178 | 24.9 | −6.7 | |
Greens | Greg Watkinson | 6,778 | 12.8 | +1.6 | |
Sustainable Australia | Marie Rolfe | 2,593 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 52,981 | 97.0 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,632 | 3.0 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,613 | 89.6 | −2.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jodie Harrison | 35,300 | 71.1 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Jack Antcliff | 14,358 | 28.9 | −8.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.0 |
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