Electoral district of Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in Hunter-Sydney-Illawarra region
State	New South Wales
Created	1968
MP	Trish Doyle
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	49,399 (2011)
Area	1,422.63 km^2 (549.3 sq mi)

Blue Mountains is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Trish Doyle of the Australian Labor Party.

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 45,289 electors on 29 April 2007.^[1] Since the 2007 election it has encompassed all of the City of Blue Mountains, except Glenbrook and Lapstone.^[2]

Members for Blue Mountains

Member		Party	Period
	Harold Coates	Independent	1968–1976
	Mick Clough	Labor	1976–1981
	Bob Debus	Labor	1981–1988
	Barry Morris	Liberal	1988–1994
		Independent	1994–1995
	Bob Debus	Labor	1995–2007
	Phil Koperberg	Labor	2007–2011
	Roza Sage	Liberal	2011–2015
	Trish Doyle	Labor	2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Blue Mountains[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish Doyle	19,995	41.2	+18.7
	Liberal	Roza Sage	17,241	35.5	−4.1
	Greens	Alandra Tasire	7,888	16.2	−0.7
	Christian Democrats	Tony Piper	1,507	3.1	−1.1
	Independent	Mark Harrison	1,470	3.0	+3.0
	No Land Tax	Gianna Maiorana	450	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			48,551	97.5	+0.5
Informal votes			1,252	2.5	−0.5
Turnout			49,803	93.3	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Trish Doyle	25,866	58.1	+13.5
	Liberal	Roza Sage	18,616	41.9	−13.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.5

See also

• List of Blue Mountains articles

References

1. "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
2. "Blue Mountains". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
3. State Electoral District of Blue Mountains: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
4. State Electoral District of Blue Mountains: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.