Electoral district of Port Jackson

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Port Jackson was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created at the 1991 election, largely from the electorates of Balmain and McKell, and was abolished at the 2007 election being substantially replaced by the recreated electorates of Balmain and Sydney following a redistribution of electoral boundaries completed during 2004. [1] [2] [3]

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Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Sandra Nori [4] Labor 1991–2007

Election results

2003 New South Wales state election: Port Jackson [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sandra Nori 18,76342.1-11.8
Greens Jamie Parker 12,85628.9+21.0
Liberal Nick Dyer9,18220.6+2.2
Unity Polly Chan1,5383.5+3.5
Democrats Simon Glastonbury1,0272.3-5.2
Fishing Party Victor Shen6491.5+1.5
Socialist Alliance Paul Benedek5411.2+1.2
Total formal votes44,55697.8+1.2
Informal votes1,0002.2-1.2
Turnout 45,55686.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Sandra Nori 24,19368.0-7.1
Liberal Nick Dyer11,37932.0+7.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Sandra Nori 19,71357.3-17.8
Greens Jamie Parker 14,67642.7+42.7
Labor hold Swing -17.8

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References

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  2. Green, Antony (January 2005). "2004 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Final Boundaries" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. "NSW Electoral Redistribution" (PDF). Hawker Britton. August 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. "The Hon. Sandra Christine Nori (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. Green, Antony. "2003 Port Jackson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. Green, Antony (August 2003). "2003 New South Wales Election: Final Analysis" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 21 September 2020.