Electoral results for the district of Prospect

Prospect, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 2015, largely replacing Smithfield. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members for Prospect

Election	Member		Party
2015		Hugh McDermott	Labor
2019
2023

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Prospect ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	24,519	49.3	−1.0
	Liberal	Kalvin Biag	17,903	36.0	−0.3
	Greens	Sujan Selventhiran	3,610	7.3	+2.5
	Sustainable Australia	Peter Shafer	1,892	3.8	+3.8
	Animal Justice	Emily Walsh	1,775	3.6	+1.1
Total formal votes			49,699	95.4	−0.5
Informal votes			2,375	4.6	+0.5
Turnout			52,074	88.5	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	27,175	58.7	+0.1
	Liberal	Kalvin Biag	19,137	41.3	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Prospect.[ edit ]

2019 New South Wales state election: Prospect   ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	24,235	51.73	+6.94
	Liberal	Matthew Hana	15,851	33.84	−4.61
	Independent	Milan Maksimovic	2,950	6.30	+6.30
	Greens	Dorothea Newland	2,345	5.01	−1.80
	Animal Justice	Catherine Ward	1,464	3.13	+3.13
Total formal votes			46,845	95.43	+0.26
Informal votes			2,242	4.57	−0.26
Turnout			49,087	90.20	−1.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	26,008	60.66	+7.26
	Liberal	Matthew Hana	16,867	39.34	−7.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.26

2015

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Prospect.[ edit ]

2015 New South Wales state election: Prospect   ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	21,156	44.8	+4.3
	Liberal	Andrew Rohan	18,158	38.5	−3.8
	Christian Democrats	Sam Georgis	3,351	7.1	−0.2
	Greens	Sujan Selventhiran	3,214	6.8	−0.4
	No Land Tax	Angelo Esposito	1,345	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			47,224	95.2	+0.8
Informal votes			2,393	4.8	−0.8
Turnout			49,617	91.4	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	22,946	53.4	+4.5
	Liberal	Andrew Rohan	20,027	46.6	−4.5
	Labor notional  gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

Prospect was a new seat largely replacing the abolished district of Smithfield. ^[10] Andrew Rohan (Liberal) was the member for Smithfield.

References

1. "Prospect- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 17 November 2019.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 November 2020.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 November 2020.
4. LA First Preference: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
5. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
6. "Prospect: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
7. "Prospect: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
8. State Electoral District of Prospect: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
9. State Electoral District of Prospect: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
10. "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.