Electoral district of Seven Hills

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Seven Hills
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2019 - Seven Hills.png
Location within Sydney
State New South Wales
Dates current1981–1991
2015–2023
Party Liberal Party
Namesake Seven Hills
Electors 53,676 (2019)
Area32.09 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Electorates around Seven Hills:
Riverstone Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills
Blacktown Seven Hills Parramatta
Prospect Granville Parramatta

Seven Hills was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Taylor of the Liberal Party.

Contents

It includes the suburbs of Constitution Hill, Northmead, Old Toongabbie and Winston Hills and parts of Seven Hills, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Kings Langley, Glenwood, Lalor Park, Pendle Hill, Prospect, Toongabbie, Wentworthville and Westmead. [1]

History

Seven Hills was established for the first time in 1981 but it was abolished in 1991. It was recreated from 2015 as a result of the 2013 redistribution. [2] It is named after and including the Sydney suburb of Seven Hills.

The second incarnation of Seven Hills largely consisted of areas from the abolished seat of Toongabbie, which had historically been a Labor stronghold before Labor's near-meltdown in west Sydney in the 2011 election. In the election, the Labor margin was reduced from a comfortably safe 14.5 percent to an extremely marginal 0.3 percent. The transfer of traditionally pro-Labor voting areas to Blacktown and Prospect, and the addition of equally pro-Liberal areas from Baulkham Hills significantly altered the political composition of the electorate, giving the Liberals a notional margin of 8.8 percent–on the stronger side of fairly safe. The sitting member for Toongabbie was former Labor Premier Nathan Rees, who concluded the new Seven Hills was impossible to hold and retired at the 2015 election. [3] [4]

As a result of a redistribution in 2021, Seven Hills will be abolished at the 2023 election and largely replaced by Winston Hills. [5]

Members for Seven Hills

First Incarnation (1981–1991)
MemberPartyPeriod
  Bob Christie [6] Labor 1981–1991
Second Incarnation (2015–present)
  Mark Taylor [7] Liberal 2015–2023

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Seven Hills [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mark Taylor 23,54850.13+0.44
Labor Durga Owen16,90935.99+3.45
Greens Damien Atkins3,0386.47−0.66
Independent Alan Sexton1,8443.93+3.93
Sustainable Australia Eric Claus8631.84+1.84
Conservatives Jude D'Cruz7751.65+1.65
Total formal votes46,97796.76+0.63
Informal votes1,5723.24−0.63
Turnout 48,54990.45−1.35
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Taylor 24,51856.36−2.39
Labor Durga Owen18,98843.64+2.39
Liberal hold Swing −2.39

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References

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  7. "Mr Mark Owen Taylor MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2019.
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  9. "Seven Hills: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.