Electoral district of Prospect
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Australian electorate
Prospect New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 2015 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Hugh McDermott | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Prospect, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,422 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in Western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name.
Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.
History
Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.
Geography
On its current boundaries, Prospect includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Prospect, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill, South Wentworthville and Smithfield.[1]
Members for Prospect
Member | Party | Term | |
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Hugh McDermott [2] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Prospect.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Hugh McDermott | 24,519 | 49.3 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | Kalvin Biag | 17,903 | 36.0 | −0.3 | |
Greens | Sujan Selventhiran | 3,610 | 7.3 | +2.5 | |
Sustainable Australia | Peter Shafer | 1,892 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Animal Justice | Emily Walsh | 1,775 | 3.6 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 49,699 | 95.4 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,375 | 4.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,074 | 88.5 | +1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Hugh McDermott | 27,175 | 58.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Kalvin Biag | 19,137 | 41.3 | −0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
References
- ^ "Prospect". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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