The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in the Hunter Region in New South Wales,Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The city is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is widely considered as a part of the Greater Newcastle area. The city is approximately 150 km (93 mi) north of Sydney. One of its major tourist attractions is its lake,also named Lake Macquarie.
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales,an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital,Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The Parliament of New South Wales,formally the Legislature of New South Wales,is the bicameral legislative body of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). It consists of the monarch,the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the New South Wales Legislative Council. Each house is directly elected by the people of New South Wales at elections held approximately every four years. The legislative authority of the parliament derives from section 5 of the Constitution Act 1902 (NSW). The power to make laws that apply to New South Wales is shared with the Federal Parliament. The houses of the New South Wales Parliament follow the Westminster parliamentary traditions of dress,Green–Red chamber colours and protocols. The houses of the legislature are located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street,Sydney.
Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle,Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.
The City of Newcastle is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales,Australia. The City of Newcastle incorporates much of the area of the Newcastle metropolitan area.
Jeffery Hunter is a retired Australian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 25 May 1991 until 24 March 2007. He was defeated at the 2007 election by the independent Mayor of Lake Macquarie,Greg Piper. He is the son of Merv Hunter,who was the Member for Lake Macquarie from 1969 to 1991.
Robert Gordon Stokes is an Australian retired politician. Stokes served as the New South Wales Minister for Infrastructure,the Minister for Cities,and the Minister for Active Transport in the Perrottet ministry between 21 December 2021 and 25 March 2023. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Pittwater for the Liberal Party between 2007 and 2023.
Victor Michael Dominello,is an Australian former politician who was the New South Wales Minister for Customer Service in the second Berejiklian ministry from April 2019,and in the Perrottet ministry until March 2023. Dominello is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing the electorate of Ryde for the Liberal Party from 2008 until his retirement in 2023.
Leslie Gladys Williams is an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Port Macquarie since 2011 for the Nationals until switching to the Liberal Party in 2020. Williams has been the New South Wales Assistant Minister for Education,Minister for Aboriginal Affairs,and Minister for Early Childhood Education from 2 April 2015 until 23 January 2017 when she was replaced in Gladys Berejiklian's cabinet by Sarah Mitchell. From 7 May 2019 until 9 May 2023,she was Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Melanie Rhonda Gibbons is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Menai from 2011 to 2015 and Holsworthy for the Liberal Party from 2015 to 2023.
The 2015 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council using optional preferential proportional representation voting. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission.
Lake Macquarie,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,has had one incarnation,from 1950 until the present.
Macquarie Fields,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,has had two incarnations,the first from 1988 to 1991,the second from 1999. It has always been held by the Labor party.
Port Macquarie,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,was established in 1988.
Jodie Elizabeth Harrison is an Australian politician who has represented the Charlestown Electorate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party since 25 October 2014,when she was elected in a by-election.
Anoulack Chanthivong is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Macquarie Fields for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.
Trisha Lee Doyle is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Blue Mountains for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.
The 2019 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 23 March 2019 to elect the 57th Parliament of New South Wales,including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
Joseph Gregory McGirr is an independent politician,and a physician and former associate dean of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
The 2023 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales,including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
