Electoral district of Swansea

Swansea New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in Hunter-Sydney-Illawarra region
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1981–present
MP	Yasmin Catley
Party	Australian Labor Party
Area	191.45 km^2 (73.9 sq mi)

Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Yasmin Catley of the Australian Labor Party.

Swansea is situated between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in southeastern City of Lake Macquarie and northeastern Wyong Shire. It includes Swansea and extends as far north as Valentine, Belmont North and Jewells and as far south as San Remo and Budgewoi.^[1]

Swansea was created in 1981 and has usually been held by Labor.

Members for Swansea

Member		Party	Term
	Don Bowman	Labor	1981–1988
	Ivan Welsh	Independent	1988–1991
	Don Bowman	Labor	1991–1995
	Jill Hall	Labor	1995–1998
	Milton Orkopoulos	Labor	1999–2006
		Independent	2006–2006
	Robert Coombs	Labor	2007–2011
	Garry Edwards	Liberal	2011–2014
		Independent	2014–2015
	Yasmin Catley	Labor	2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Swansea[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yasmin Catley	21,712	45.0	+8.8
	Liberal	Johanna Uidam	12,493	25.9	−11.4
	Independent	Garry Edwards	6,484	13.4	+13.4
	Greens	Phillipa Parsons	2,818	5.8	−2.9
	Animal Justice	Joshua Agland	1,402	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Chris Osborne	1,360	2.8	+2.8
	Christian Democrats	Luke Cubis	1,322	2.7	+0.3
	No Land Tax	Paul Doughty	624	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			48,215	96.3	−0.1
Informal votes			1,850	3.7	+0.1
Turnout			50,065	92.0	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yasmin Catley	24,148	63.0	+13.3
	Liberal	Johanna Uidam	14,192	37.0	−13.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.3

References

1. "Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
2. State Electoral District of Swansea: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Swansea: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Swansea". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2015.