Port Stephens is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Craig Baumann of the Liberal Party who won 51.1% of the primary vote at the 2011 election.
At the 2007 state election the district had 46,334 enrolled electors.[1] It includes most of the Port Stephens LGA (excluding areas to the west of the Williams River and between the Williams River and Pacific Highway), a part of the City of Newcastle and part of southern Great Lakes Council (including Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens).[2]
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Port Stephens was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Martin | Labor | 1988—1999 | |
| John Bartlett | Labor | 1999—2007 | |
| Craig Baumann | Liberal | 2007—present | |
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Port Stephens[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Craig Baumann | 22,956 | 51.1 | +8.6 | |
| Labor | Kate Washington | 12,781 | 28.5 | -13.2 | |
| Greens | Liz Stephens | 4,062 | 9.0 | +3.0 | |
| Fishing Party | Paul Hennelly | 3,002 | 6.7 | +2.0 | |
| Christian Democrats | Julian Grayson | 1,083 | 2.4 | -0.5 | |
| Family First | Christopher Stokes | 1,018 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,902 | 97.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,349 | 2.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 46,251 | 93.4 | +0.1 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Craig Baumann | 24,561 | 62.4 | +12.4 | |
| Labor | Kate Washington | 14,770 | 37.6 | -12.4 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +12.4 | |||