Epping New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Dominic Perrottet | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Epping | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,489 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 31.68 km2 (12.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Epping is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by former Premier Dominic Perrottet of the Liberal Party.
The seat was created in 1999, largely replacing Eastwood. [1] Like its predecessor, it is a comfortably safe Liberal seat until 2023 when Perrottet suffered a huge swing against him making it a marginal seat.
On its current boundaries, Epping includes the suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, North Epping and parts of Epping, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Dural, Eastwood, North Parramatta, Pennant Hills and West Pennant Hills. [2]
Member | Party | Period | Notes | |
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Andrew Tink [3] | Liberal | 1999–2007 | ||
Greg Smith [4] | Liberal | 2007–2015 | ||
Damien Tudehope [5] | Liberal | 2015–2019 | ||
Dominic Perrottet [6] | Liberal | 2019–present | Premier of New South Wales from 5 October 2021 until 28 March 2023 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Dominic Perrottet | 25,439 | 48.9 | −5.4 | |
Labor | Alan Mascarenhas | 17,599 | 33.9 | +5.4 | |
Greens | Phil Bradley | 5,489 | 10.6 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Victor Waterson | 1,322 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Animal Justice | Carmen Terceiro | 1,091 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Sustainable Australia | Bradley Molloy | 1,045 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 51,985 | 97.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,279 | 2.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,264 | 90.7 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dominic Perrottet | 26,648 | 54.8 | −6.5 | |
Labor | Alan Mascarenhas | 22,013 | 45.2 | +6.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.5 |
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