Electoral district of Riverstone

Riverstone New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1981
MP	Warren Kirby
Party	Labor
Namesake	Riverstone
Electors	63,427 (2023)
Area	73.42 km2 (28.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Riverstone: Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Londonderry Riverstone Kellyville Blacktown Blacktown Winston Hills

Riverstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Warren Kirby of the Australian Labor Party since the 2023 New South Wales state election.

Riverstone is widely described as a key marginal seat for both major parties. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Much of the electorate is situated in the growing north-west sector, which has been poorly served in transport, health and police resources. Although ancestrally a Labor seat, changing demographics in the eastern portion of the seat (Glenwood, Parklea, Acacia Gardens, Stanhope Gardens, Kellyville Ridge, The Ponds, Rouse Hill) suggested a long-term Liberal trend in voting patterns. ^[3] Proving this, Liberal Kevin Conolly won the seat in 2011 on a swing of 30.2 percent—almost unheard of in Australian politics—turning the seat from safe Labor to very safe Liberal in one stroke. In 2023, the current member Warren Kirby won the seat back for Labor with a swing of over 12%. ^[4]

Geography

On its current boundaries, Riverstone takes in the suburbs of Acacia Gardens, Angus, Grantham Farm, Kellyville Ridge, Nirimba Fields, Parklea, Richards, Riverstone, Schofields, Stanhope Gardens, Tallawong, The Ponds and parts of Glenwood, Marsden Park, Quakers Hill, Rouse Hill and Vineyard. ^[5]

Members for Riverstone

Member		Party	Term
	Tony Johnson   [6]	Labor	1981–1983
	Richard Amery   [7]	Labor	1983–1991
	John Aquilina   [8]	Labor	1991–2011
	Kevin Conolly   [9]	Liberal	2011–2023
	Warren Kirby	Labor	2023–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Riverstone

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Riverstone.[ edit ]

2023 New South Wales state election: Riverstone ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Kirby	24,580	44.2	+4.2
	Liberal	Mohit Kumar	22,167	39.9	−14.1
	Greens	Rob Vail	3,969	7.1	+1.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Anthony Belcastro	1,816	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Tabitha Ponnambalam	1,761	3.2	+3.2
	Sustainable Australia	Tim Horan	1,282	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			55,575	96.9	−0.2
Informal votes			1,793	3.1	+0.2
Turnout			57,368	90.4	+5.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Kirby	27,662	53.7	+9.9
	Liberal	Mohit Kumar	23,848	46.3	−9.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

References

1. "The Sydney seat that could secure a Labor election victory". Australian Financial Review. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
2. "Riverstone (Key Seat) - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
3. "Riverstone - NSW Votes 2011". ABC News.
4. Green, Antony. "Riverstone (Key Seat) - NSW Election 2023". ABC.
5. "Riverstone". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
6. "Mr Anthony Valentine Patrick Johnson". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 April 2019.
7. "The Hon. Richard Sanderson Amery". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
8. "The Hon. John Joseph Aquilina (1950- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
9. "Mr Kevin Francis Conolly, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 June 2017.
10. LA First Preference: Riverstone, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
11. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Riverstone, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.