Electoral district of Maitland
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Maitland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
| Maitland 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 | 1904–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jenny Aitchison | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Maitland | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 60,409 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 391.74 km2 (151.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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The district encompasses most of the City of Maitland.[1]
History
Maitland was created in 1904, replacing East Maitland and West Maitland. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it absorbed parts of Upper Hunter, Singleton, Cessnock and Durham and elected three members. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Maitland was split into the single-member electorates of Maitland, Upper Hunter and Cessnock.
Members for Maitland
| (1904–1920, 1 member) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Gillies [2] | Progressive | 1904–1907 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1907–1910 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 1910–1911 | ||
| Charles Edward Nicholson [3] | Liberal Reform | 1911–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
| (1920–1927. 3 members) | |||||||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Walter Bennett [4] | Progressive | 1920–1922 | William Cameron [5] | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Walter O'Hearn [6] | Labor | 1920–1927 | |||
| Nationalist | 1922–1927 | ||||||||||
| (1927–present, 1 member) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Walter O'Hearn [6] | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| Walter Howarth [7] | United Australia | 1932–1945 | |
| Liberal | 1945–1956 | ||
| Milton Morris [8] | Liberal | 1956–1980 | |
| Peter Toms [9] | Liberal | 1981–1981 | |
| Allan Walsh [10] | Labor | 1981–1991 | |
| Peter Blackmore [11] | Liberal | 1991–1999 | |
| John Price [12] | Labor | 1999–2007 | |
| Frank Terenzini [13] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
| Robyn Parker [14] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
| Jenny Aitchison [15] | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Jenny Aitchison | 26,792 | 51.9 | +6.6 | |
| Liberal | Michael Cooper | 11,745 | 22.7 | −2.6 | |
| One Nation | Neil Turner | 4,404 | 8.5 | −2.7 | |
| Greens | Campbell Knox | 3,725 | 7.2 | +1.1 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Daniel Dryden | 2,906 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
| Independent | Alex Lee | 1,200 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Sam Ferguson | 861 | 1.7 | +0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 51,633 | 96.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,890 | 3.5 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 53,523 | 88.6 | −0.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jenny Aitchison | 30,647 | 68.6 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal | Michael Cooper | 14,012 | 31.4 | −3.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||