Electoral district of Myall Lakes

Myall Lakes
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Myall Lakes; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1988–present
MP	Tanya Thompson
Party	The Nationals
Namesake	Myall Lakes
Electors	57,689 (2019)
Area	5,023.82 km2 (1,939.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
	Electorates around Myall Lakes:

Last updated April 18, 2024

Myall Lakes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Stephen Bromhead of The Nationals until his death in 2023.

Myall Lakes covers most of the Mid-Coast Council in the Mid North Coast region which includes the suburbs and towns of Forster, Tuncurry, Bulahdelah, Nabiac, Failford, Pacific Palms, Smiths Lake, Bungwahl, Coolongolook and Wootton, Taree, Cundletown, Wingham, Tinonee, Old Bar, Krambach, Nabiac, Possum Brush and Hallidays Point.^[1]

History

Myall Lakes was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.

Members for Myall Lakes

	Party	Term
John Turner ^[2]	National	1988–2011
Stephen Bromhead ^[3]	National	2011–2023
Tanya Thompson	National	2023–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Myall Lakes^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tanya Thompson	24,809	47.1	−1.5
	Independent	Jason Bendall	9,567	18.2	+18.2
	Labor	Mark Vanstone	9,460	18.0	−11.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Keys Manley	4,747	9.0	+9.0
	Greens	Eleanor Spence	2,843	5.4	−0.2
	Sustainable Australia	Maree McDonald-Pritchard	1,260	2.4	+0.7
Total formal votes			52,686	96.7	+0.1
Informal votes			1,786	3.3	−0.1
Turnout			54,472	88.8	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tanya Thompson	28,362	65.8	+6.5
	Labor	Mark Vanstone	14,731	34.2	−6.5
	National hold		Swing	+6.5

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References

↑ "Myall Lakes". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
↑ "Mr John Harcourt Turner (1949- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
↑ "Mr Stephen Bruce Bromhead MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 April 2019.
↑ LA First Preference: Myall Lakes, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Myall Lakes, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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

[John_Turner_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr John Harcourt Turner (1949- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[Stephen_Bromhead_NSW_Parl-3] "Mr Stephen Bruce Bromhead MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 April 2019.

[4] LA First Preference: Myall Lakes, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[5] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Myall Lakes, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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v t e Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia
Federal divisions	Cowper Lyne
State electorates	Coffs Harbour Myall Lakes Oxley Port Macquarie
Local government areas	Bellingen Coffs Harbour Kempsey Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Greater Taree
Cities	Coffs Harbour Port Macquarie
Towns / suburbs	Arakoon Batar Bellingen Birdwood Boambee Bonny Hills Bonville Bostobrick Bowraville Camden Haven Collombatti Comboyne Coopernook Coramba Corindi Beach Crescent Head Cundletown Dorrigo Ellenborough Forster Frederickton Hannam Vale Harrington Hat Head Herons Creek Jerseyville Karangi Kempsey Kendall Kew Kinchela Kindee Kolodong Korora Krambach Kundabung Lake Cathie Lansdowne Laurieton Long Flat Lowanna Macksville Manning Point Mylestom Nambucca Heads Nana Glen Newee Creek New Entrance North Haven Oceanside Old Bar Park Beach Raleigh Repton Sawtell Scotts Head Smithtown South West Rocks Taree Taylors Arm Telegraph Point Thora Toms Creek Tinonee Toormina Tuncurry Ulong Urunga Valla Warrell Creek Wingham Woolgoolga Wauchope
Rivers	Apsley Barnard Barrington Bellinger Bowman Camden Haven Cells Christmas Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Dawson Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Georges Hastings Kalang Kunderang Lansdowne Macleay Manning Maria Mummel Myall Lakes Myall Nambucca Never Never Nowendoc Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Rosewood Rowleys Smiths Lake Stewarts Taylors Throne Tobins Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wallis Lake Wang Wauk Williams Wilson
Ranges and mountains	Banda Banda Three Brothers
National parks / Nature reserves / Important Bird Areas	Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve Dooragan NP Ellenborough Falls Hastings-Macleay IBA Hat Head NP Kattang Nature Reserve Limeburners Creek NP Maria NP Middle Brother NP Sea Acres NP
Major tourist attractions	Big Banana Billabong Zoo North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Willi Willi Caves