Electoral district of Macquarie Fields

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Macquarie Fields
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Macquarie Fields.svg
Electoral district of Macquarie Fields
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1988–1991, 1999–present
MP Anoulack Chanthivong
Party Labor Party
Electors 61,782 (2019)
Area94.19 km2 (36.4 sq mi)
Electorates around Macquarie Fields:
Leppington Leppington Holsworthy
Leppington Macquarie Fields Holsworthy
Leppington Campbelltown Campbelltown

Macquarie Fields is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is currently represented by Anoulack Chanthivong of the Labor Party.

Contents

It currently includes the suburbs of Bardia, Bow Bowing, Casula, Cross Roads, Denham Court, Edmondson Park, Eschol Park, Glenfield, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leppington, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Minto, Minto Heights, Raby, St Andrews and Varroville. [1]

Members for Macquarie Fields

First incarnation (1988—1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  Stan Knowles [2] Labor 1988–1990
  Craig Knowles [3] Labor 1990–1991
Second incarnation (1999—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Craig Knowles [3] Labor 1999–2005
  Steven Chaytor [4] Labor 2005–2007
  Andrew McDonald [5] Labor 2007–2015
  Anoulack Chanthivong [6] Labor 2015–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Macquarie Fields [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Anoulack Chanthivong 27,94252.93+2.12
Liberal Zahurul Quazi15,05728.52−8.03
Independent Mick Allen3,3616.37+3.10
Keep Sydney Open Scott Singh2,4034.55+4.55
Greens Stephen Eagar-Deitz2,2474.26+0.47
Independent Syed Ahmed1,7793.37+3.37
Total formal votes52,78995.38−0.37
Informal votes2,5584.62+0.37
Turnout 55,34789.58−0.06
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anoulack Chanthivong 29,94464.75+6.66
Liberal Zahurul Quazi16,30135.25−6.66
Labor hold Swing +6.66

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References

  1. "Macquarie Fields". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Mr (Stan) Stanley Alfred James Knowles (1931– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "The Hon. Craig John Knowles (1959– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. "Mr Steven John Chaytor (1976- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. "Dr Andrew Dominic McDonald (1955- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. "Mr Anoulack Chanthivong MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  7. "Macquarie Fields: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. "Macquarie Fields: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.