Electoral district of Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Location in New South Wales
State New South Wales
Dates current 1988–present
MP Leslie Williams
Party The Nationals
Area 1,459.69 km2 (563.6 sq mi)

Port Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Leslie Williams of the The Nationals.

It presently includes parts of coastal Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (including Port Macquarie, Dunbogan, Kendall, Kew, Laurieton, North Haven and West Haven) and the northeast of the City of Greater Taree (inclluding Coopernook, Lansdowne, Moorland, Hannam Vale, Johns River and Stewarts River). The district also includes Lord Howe Island.[1]

History

Port Macquarie was created in 1988, replacing Oxley (which was recreated in 1991).

Members for Port Macquarie

MemberPartyTerm
  Bruce Jeffery National 1988–1991
  Wendy Machin National 1991–1996
  Rob Oakeshott National 1996–2002
  Independent 2002–2008
  Peter Besseling Independent 2008–2011
  Leslie Williams National 2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2011: Port Macquarie[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Leslie Williams 23,718 52.2 +32.7
Independent Peter Besseling 16,601 36.5 -30.6
Labor Peter Alley 2,573 5.7 -3.5
Greens Drusi Megget 1,651 3.6 +0.9
Christian Democrats Robert Waldron 937 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 45,480 98.1 -0.7
Informal votes 889 1.9 +0.7
Turnout 46,369 93.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Leslie Williams 24,378 56.5 +34.7
Independent Peter Besseling 18,774 43.5 -34.7
National gain from Independent Swing +34.7

References

  1. ↑ "Port Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  2. ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.