Electoral district of Hawkesbury
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Robyn Preston of the Liberal Party since the 2019 election.
| Hawkesbury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1859–1920, 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Robyn Preston | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Hawkesbury River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 61,167 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,171.18 km2 (1,224.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.[1]
History
Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the Hawkesbury River. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1927.[2][3]
Hawkesbury has been safely conservative for most of its existence. Labor held it for three terms after its 1941 victory. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1950 state election made it notionally Liberal, and it has remained in Liberal hands since.
At the Liberal Party landslide victory in 2011, Liberal candidate Ray Williams achieved 84.7% of the two-party preferred vote, with a primary vote share of 75.4%.
Members for Hawkesbury
| First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members) | |||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| John Darvall | None | 1859–1860 | William Piddington | None | 1859–1877 | ||
| James Cunneen | None | 1860–1869 | |||||
| Henry Moses | None | 1869–1880 | |||||
| Alexander Bowman | None | 1877–1880 | |||||
| (1880–1920, 1 member) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Alexander Bowman | None | 1880–1882 | |
| Henry McQuade | None | 1882–1885 | |
| Alexander Bowman | None | 1885–1887 | |
| Free Trade | 1887–1892 | ||
| Sydney Burdekin | Free Trade | 1892–1894 | |
| William Morgan | Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
| Free Trade | 1895–1901 | ||
| Brinsley Hall | Progressive | 1901–1907 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1907–1917 | ||
| Bruce Walker Sr | Independent | 1917–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Bruce Walker Sr | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
| Bruce Walker Jr | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
| Frank Finnan | Labor | 1941–1950 | |
| Bernie Deane | Liberal | 1950–1972 | |
| Kevin Rozzoli | Liberal | 1973–2003 | |
| Steven Pringle | Liberal | 2003–2006 | |
| Independent | 2006–2007 | ||
| Ray Williams | Liberal | 2007–2015 | |
| Dominic Perrottet | Liberal | 2015–2019 | |
| Robyn Preston | Liberal | 2019–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Robyn Preston | 23,283 | 43.8 | −6.8 | |
| Labor | Amanda Kotlash | 13,532 | 25.4 | +5.7 | |
| One Nation | Susane Popovski | 5,476 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
| Greens | Danielle Wheeler | 3,977 | 7.5 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | Angela Maguire | 2,275 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Small Business | Eddie Dogramaci | 2,025 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Independent | Tony Pettitt | 1,486 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Elissa Carrey | 1,125 | 2.1 | −0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 53,179 | 95.7 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,368 | 4.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 55,547 | 90.8 | +1.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Robyn Preston | 26,004 | 59.8 | −6.7 | |
| Labor | Amanda Kotlash | 17,460 | 40.2 | +6.7 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.7 | |||