Electoral district of Wallsend

Wallsend
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Wallsend; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904; 1917–1920; 1927–1930; 1968–present
MP	Sonia Hornery
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Wallsend
Electors	59,050 (2019)
Area	116.83 km2 (45.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
	Electorates around Wallsend:

Last updated April 20, 2024

Wallsend is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has only ever been represented by a member of the Labor Party and is currently represented by Sonia Hornery.^[1]

Geography

Wallsend is a Newcastle suburban electorate, deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, covering 116.83 km². It encompasses part or whole of the suburbs of Beresfield, Birmingham Gardens, Black Hill, Callaghan, Cardiff, Cardiff Heights, Elermore Vale, Fletcher, Glendale, Hexham, Jesmond, Lambton, Lenaghan, Maryland, Minmi, New Lambton, New Lambton Heights, Newcastle University, North Lambton, Rankin Park, Shortland, Tarro, Wallsend, Waratah and Waratah West.^[2] There were 56,506 people enrolled within the electorate as of January 2015.^[3]

History

Wallsend was initially settled as a coal mining area and has developed into one of the poorer dormitory areas for the industrial hub of Newcastle. Throughout its history Wallsend has been a safe Labor seat.

It was first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle, but was abolished in 1904 with the reduction of the size of the Legislative Assembly after Federation. It was recreated between 1917 but with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it was absorbed into Newcastle. In 1930, it was abolished and partly replaced by Waratah. It was most recently recreated at the 1968 redistribution, largely from the abolished district of Kurri Kurri.

In its current incarnation it has had three members to date. The first was Ken Booth who eventually became the state treasurer in the Wran and Unsworth governments. He was succeeded by John Mills, who was in turn succeeded by Sonia Hornery.

Members for Wallsend

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	David Watkins ^[4]	Labour	1894–1901
	John Estell ^[5]	Labour	1901–1904
Second incarnation (1913—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	John Estell ^[5]	Labor	1913–1920
Third incarnation (1927—1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Cameron ^[6]	Labor	1927–1930
Fourth incarnation (1968—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ken Booth ^[7]	Labor	1968–1988
	John Mills ^[8]	Labor	1988–2007
	Sonia Hornery ^[1]	Labor	2007–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Wallsend^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sonia Hornery	33,127	63.9	+1.4
	Liberal	Callum Pull	6,988	13.5	−6.5
	Greens	Rebecca Watkins	5,545	10.7	+1.5
	One Nation	Pietro Di Girolamo	3,532	6.8	+6.8
	Animal Justice	Anna Nolan	1,088	2.1	−2.2
	Independent	Joshua Starrett	811	1.6	+1.6
	Sustainable Australia	Paul Akers	717	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			51,808	97.4	+1.0
Informal votes			1,365	2.6	−1.0
Turnout			53,173	88.4	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sonia Hornery	38,043	81.8	+5.9
	Liberal	Callum Pull	8,489	18.2	−5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

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References

1 2 "Ms Sonia Kathleen Hornery, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
↑ "Wallsend". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
↑ "Enrolment statistics". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 6 February 2015.
↑ "Mr David Watkins (1865-1935)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 November 2019.
1 2 "Mr John Estell (1861–1928)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Robert Cameron (1890–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ "The Hon. Kenneth George Booth (1926–1988)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
↑ "Mr John Charles Mills (1941– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ LA First Preference: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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[Sonia_Hornery_NSW_parl-1] 1 2 "Ms Sonia Kathleen Hornery, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[2] "Wallsend". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[3] "Enrolment statistics". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[David_Watkins_NSW_parl-4] "Mr David Watkins (1865-1935)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[John_Estell_NSW_parl-5] 1 2 "Mr John Estell (1861–1928)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Robert_Cameron_NSW_parl-6] "Mr Robert Cameron (1890–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Ken_Booth_NSW_parl-7] "The Hon. Kenneth George Booth (1926–1988)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[John_Mills_NSW_parl-8] "Mr John Charles Mills (1941– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[9] LA First Preference: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[10] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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