Electoral district of Blue Mountains

Blue Mountains
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Created1968
MPTrish Doyle
PartyLabor
NamesakeBlue Mountains
Electors59,088 (2023)
Area1,422.63 km2 (549.3 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Electorates around Blue Mountains:
Bathurst Bathurst Hawkesbury
Bathurst Blue Mountains Penrith
Bathurst Wollondilly Badgerys Creek

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 Labor Party.

History

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 45,289 electors on 29 April 2007.[1][2][3][4] Since the 2007 election it has encompassed all of the City of Blue Mountains, except Glenbrook and Lapstone.[5]

Members for Blue Mountains

Member Party Period
  Harold Coates [6] Independent 1968–1976
  Mick Clough [7] Labor 1976–1981
  Bob Debus [8] Labor 1981–1988
  Barry Morris [9] Liberal 1988–1994
  Independent 1994–1995
  Bob Debus [8] Labor 1995–2007
  Phil Koperberg [10] Labor 2007–2011
  Roza Sage [11] Liberal 2011–2015
  Trish Doyle [12] Labor 2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Blue Mountains
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Blue Mountains[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Trish Doyle 28,613 53.9 +8.2
Liberal Sophie-Anne Bruce 12,640 23.8 −5.7
Greens Jenna Condie 6,669 12.6 +0.5
Animal Justice Greg Keightley 2,285 4.3 +0.4
Informed Medical Options Michelle Palmer 1,901 3.6 +3.6
Sustainable Australia Richard Marschall 948 1.8 −1.1
Total formal votes 53,056 97.9 +0.3
Informal votes 1,143 2.1 −0.3
Turnout 54,199 91.7 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Trish Doyle 35,536 71.9 +8.3
Liberal Sophie-Anne Bruce 13,893 28.1 −8.3
Labor hold Swing +8.3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2006.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blue Mountains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Blue Mountains". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Harold George Coates (1917-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b "The Hon. (Bob) Robert John Debus (1943- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Mr Barry John Morris (1935-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Mr (Phil) Philip Christian Koperberg (1943- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Mrs Roza Eva Maria Sage". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Ms (Trish) Trisha Lee Doyle". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  13. ^ LA First Preference: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  14. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.