Electoral district of Castle Hill

Castle Hill
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Location within Sydney
State New South Wales
Created 2007
MP Ray Williams
Party Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake Castle Hill
Electors 53,050 (2015)
Area 99.95 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Demographic Inner Metropolitan

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Ray Williams of the Liberal Party.

It is an urban electorate in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Annangrove, Beaumont Hills, Box Hill, Glenhaven, Nelson and parts of Castle Hill, Dural, Kellyville, Kenthurst, Maraylya, Middle Dural, Round Corner and Rouse Hill.[1]

The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills. Castle Hill is considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party.

Members for Castle Hill

Member Party Period
  Michael Richardson Liberal 2007–2011
  Dominic Perrottet Liberal 2011–2015
  Ray Williams Liberal 2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Castle Hill[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Williams 34,137 71.0 −3.7
Labor Matt Ritchie 7,686 16.0 +4.5
Greens Michael Bellstedt 3,353 7.0 −1.1
Christian Democrats Muriel Sultana 1,535 3.2 −0.4
No Land Tax Anna Stevis 1,381 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 48,092 97.3 +0.6
Informal votes 1,311 2.7 −0.6
Turnout 49,403 93.1 −0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Williams 35,544 79.4 −5.3
Labor Matt Ritchie 9,224 20.6 +5.3
Liberal hold Swing −5.3

References

  1. ↑ "Castle Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ↑ State Electoral District of Castle Hill: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  3. ↑ State Electoral District of Castle Hill: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

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