Electoral district of Terrigal

Terrigal
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current2007–present
MPAdam Crouch
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeTerrigal
Electors58,056 (2023)
Area128.45 km2 (49.6 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Electorates around Terrigal:
The Entrance The Entrance Pacific Ocean
Gosford Terrigal Pacific Ocean
Pittwater Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean

Terrigal is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Adam Crouch of the Liberal Party.

It includes the affluent southeastern suburbs of the Central Coast Council in the Central Coast region. Terrigal has never won by the Labor Party; however it became a marginal seat following the 2023 election.

History

Terrigal was created at the redistribution prior to the 2007 election and consisted of much of the district of Gosford, then held by Chris Hartcher for the Liberal Party, while Gosford absorbed most of the former district of Peats, then held by Marie Andrews for the Labor Party. Antony Green describes the redistribution as effectively being that Gosford was renamed Terrigal while Peats was renamed Gosford.[1]

Since 2015, it has been the only seat on the Central Coast held by the Liberal Party. The Central Coast (particularly around Gosford and The Entrance) is typically a highly competitive region for both major parties on all three levels of politics.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Terrigal takes in the suburbs and towns of Avoca Beach, Bensville, Bouddi, Box Head, Copacabana, Davistown, Empire Bay, Erina, Erina Heights, Forresters Beach, Green Point, Holgate, Killcare, Killcare Heights, Kincumber, Kincumber South, MacMasters Beach, Matcham, North Avoca, Picketts Valley, Pretty Beach, Saratoga, Springfield, St Huberts Island, Terrigal, Wagstaffe, Wamberal, Yattalunga and parts of East Gosford and North Gosford.

Members for Terrigal

Member Party Term
  Chris Hartcher [2] Liberal 2007–2014
  Independent 2014–2015
  Adam Crouch [3] Liberal 2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Terrigal
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Terrigal.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Terrigal[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Adam Crouch 23,507 46.6 −6.3
Labor Sam Boughton 19,703 39.0 +12.9
Greens Imogen da Silva 4,868 9.6 −0.4
Sustainable Australia Wayne Rigg 2,392 4.7 +2.8
Total formal votes 50,470 97.5 +0.8
Informal votes 1,270 2.5 −0.8
Turnout 51,740 89.1 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Adam Crouch 24,467 51.2 −11.1
Labor Sam Boughton 23,300 48.8 +11.1
Liberal hold Swing −11.1

References

  1. ^ "Terrigal- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr (Chris) Christopher Peter Hartcher (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr Adam Sibery Crouch, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ LA First Preference: Terrigal, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Terrigal, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.