Electoral district of Cessnock

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Cessnock
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Cessnock.svg
Electoral district of Cessnock
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1913–1920
1927–present
MP Clayton Barr
Party Labor Party
Namesake Cessnock, New South Wales
Electors 58,268 (2019)
Area4,389.03 km2 (1,694.6 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Cessnock:
Upper Hunter Upper Hunter Maitland
Hawkesbury Cessnock Wallsend
Lake Macquarie
Hawkesbury Gosford Wyong

Cessnock is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the rural fringe of the Hunter. It is represented by Clayton Barr of the Labor Party. It includes all of the City of Cessnock (including Cessnock and Kurri Kurri) and a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend). [1]

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History

Cessnock was created in 1913, but was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Maitland. It was recreated in 1927 and included much of the Central Coast until the creation of Gosford in 1950. It has historically been a safe Labor seat.

At the 2007 election, it encompassed all of City of Cessnock, a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Beresfield and Tarro), a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend) and a small part of Singleton Council (including Belford). [2] At the 2013 redistribution it gained Broke, Milbrodale and Wollombi from Upper Hunter and lost Beresfield and Tarro to Wallsend. [3]

Members for Cessnock

First incarnation (1913—1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  William Kearsley Labor 1913–1920
Second incarnation (1927—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jack Baddeley Labor 1927–1949
  John Crook Labor 1949–1959
  George Neilly Labor 1959–1978
  Bob Brown Labor 1978–1980
  Stan Neilly Labor 1981–1988
  Bob Roberts Liberal 1988–1991
  Stan Neilly Labor 1991–1999
  Kerry Hickey Labor 1999–2011
  Clayton Barr Labor 2011–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Cessnock [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clayton Barr 25,71948.7−6.1
One Nation Quintin King8,05915.3+15.3
Legalise Cannabis Andrew Fenwick6,29411.9+11.9
National Ash Barnham (disendorsed)5,87711.1−12.8
Greens Llynda Nairn3,4766.6−1.5
Animal Justice Victoria Davies2,1414.1−3.9
Sustainable Australia Graham Jones1,2152.3−2.9
Total formal votes52,78195.9+1.0
Informal votes2,2314.1−1.0
Turnout 55,01288.6+0.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Clayton Barr 30,15476.8+7.1
National Ash Barnham (disendorsed)9,10323.2−7.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Clayton Barr 29,96473.4+3.7
One Nation Quintin King10,86526.6+26.6
Labor hold 

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References

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  2. "Cessnock Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 18 December 2006.
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  5. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Cessnock, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.