Electoral district of Hawkesbury

Hawkesbury
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Hawkesbury; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	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	55,753 (2019)
Area	3,171.18 km2 (1,224.4 sq mi)
	Electorates around Hawkesbury:

Last updated February 25, 2023

Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Robyn Preston of the Liberal Party.

It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both the Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire, including the suburbs and towns of Berambing, Berowra Creek, Bilpin, Blaxlands Ridge, Bligh Park, Bowen Mountain, Canoelands, Cattai, Central Colo, Central Macdonald, Clarendon, Colo, Colo Heights, Cornwallis, Cumberland Reach, East Kurrajong, Ebenezer, Fernances, Forest Glen, Freemans Reach, Glenorie, Glossodia, Grose Vale, Grose Wold, Higher Macdonald, Hobartville, Kenthurst, Kurmond, Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights, Kurrajong Hills, Laughtondale, Leets Vale, Lower Hawkesbury, Lower Macdonald, Lower Portland, Maraylya, Maroota, Mcgraths Hill, Mellong, Middle Dural, Mogo Creek, Mountain Lagoon, Mulgrave, North Richmond, Oakville, Perrys Crossing, Pitt Town, Pitt Town Bottoms, Richmond, Richmond Lowlands, Round Corner, Sackville, Sackville North, Scheyville, Singletons Mill, South Maroota, South Windsor, St Albans, Ten Mile Hollow, Tennyson, The Slopes, Upper Colo, Upper Macdonald, Vineyard, Warawaralong, Webbs Creek, Wheeny Creek, Wilberforce, Windsor, Windsor Downs, Wisemans Ferry, Wrights Creek, Yarramundi and parts of Agnes Banks, Dural and Putty.^[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 is a conservative seat, having been won by the main centre-right party at every election since 1947. 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)
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
	Henry Moses	None	1869–1880		Alexander Bowman	None	1877–1880

(1880–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Bowman	None	1880–1882
	Henry McQuade	None	1882–1885
	Alexander Bowman	None	1885–1887
	Alexander Bowman	Free Trade	1887–1892
	Sydney Burdekin	Free Trade	1892–1894
	William Morgan	Ind. Free Trade	1894–1895
	William Morgan	Free Trade	1895–1901
	Brinsley Hall	Progressive	1901–1907
	Brinsley Hall	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
	Steven Pringle	Independent	2006–2007
	Ray Williams	Liberal	2007–2015
	Dominic Perrottet	Liberal	2015–2019
	Robyn Preston	Liberal	2019–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robyn Preston	25,127	51.34	−5.27
	Labor	Peter Reynolds	9,325	19.05	−3.39
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Shane Djuric	4,385	8.96	+8.96
	Greens	Danielle Wheeler	3,102	6.34	−1.20
	Independent	Marie-Jeanne Bowyer	2,290	4.68	+4.68
	Animal Justice	Sarah Coogans	1,394	2.85	+2.85
	Independent	Eddie Dogramaci	1,312	2.68	+2.68
	Sustainable Australia	Elissa Carrey	1,217	2.49	+2.49
	Keep Sydney Open	Perran Costi	789	1.61	+1.61
Total formal votes			48,941	96.13	+0.34
Informal votes			1,972	3.87	−0.34
Turnout			50,913	91.32	−0.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robyn Preston	26,935	67.48	−0.30
	Labor	Peter Reynolds	12,982	32.52	+0.30
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.30

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References

↑ "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
↑ "Hawkesbury: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "Hawkesbury: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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[1] "Hawkesbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[4] "Hawkesbury: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[5] "Hawkesbury: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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