Electoral district of Menai

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Menai
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Menai NSW State Electoral District.png
Location within Sydney.
State New South Wales
Created1999
Abolished2015
Namesake Menai

Menai was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1999 to 2015. It was most recently represented by Melanie Gibbons of the Liberal Party. Currently, it is the only state seat in the state of New South Wales to have always been represented by a woman. This district was abolished in the 2013 redistribution, largely replaced by Holsworthy. [1]

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Members for Menai

MemberPartyTerm
  Alison Megarrity Labor 1999–2011
  Melanie Gibbons Liberal 2011–2015

Election results

2011 New South Wales state election: Menai [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Melanie Gibbons 27,59361.0+18.4
Labor Peter Scaysbrook8,73219.3−26.1
Greens Simone Morrissey3,5027.7+3.2
Independent Jim McGoldrick3,0406.7+6.7
Christian Democrats Lindsay Johnson2,3715.2+5.2
Total formal votes45,23896.8−0.7
Informal votes1,4793.2+0.7
Turnout 46,71794.3+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Melanie Gibbons 29,95474.4+27.1
Labor Peter Scaysbrook10,31325.6−27.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing −27.1

References

  1. "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.