The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in Greater Newcastle and part of the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is 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.
John Joseph Cahill, also known as Joe Cahill or J. J. Cahill, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, railway worker, trade unionist and Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 1952 to his death in 1959. Born the son of Irish migrants in Redfern, New South Wales, Cahill worked for the New South Wales Government Railways from the age of 16 before joining the Australian Labor Party. Being a prominent unionist organiser, including being dismissed for his role in the 1917 general strike, Cahill was eventually elected to the Parliament of New South Wales for St George in 1925.
Gregory Michael Piper, an Australian politician, is the independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lake Macquarie since 2007. Piper also served as Mayor of City of Lake Macquarie between 2004 and 2012, prior to the enactment of the Local Government Amendment Act, 2012 (NSW) preventing dual membership of state parliament and local council.
Elections for the 54th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 24 March 2007. The entire Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council was up for election. The Labor Party led by Morris Iemma won a fourth four-year term against the Liberal-National coalition led by Peter Debnam.
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 currently represented by the independent Greg Piper.
Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Yasmin Catley of the Labor Party.
Port Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Leslie Williams of the Liberal Party.
Mervyn (Merv) Leslie Hunter was an Australian politician. He was the state Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie representing the Labor Party (ALP) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991 and was the Shire President of the City of Lake Macquarie in 1969, resigning to enter the NSW Parliament. His son Jeff Hunter was the member for Lake Macquarie from 1991 to 2007.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 42nd parliament held their seats from 1968 to 1971. They were elected at the 1968 state election, and at by-elections. The Speaker was Sir Kevin Ellis.</ref>
Peter Thomas Anderson, a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Nepean between 1978 and 1981, Penrith between 1981 and 1988, and Liverpool between 1989 and 1995 for the Labor Party. During his parliamentary career, Anderson held a range of portfolios including Minister for Health, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Youth and Community Services, Minister for Local Government, Minister for Corrective Services, Minister for Police and Emergency Services between 1981 and 1988.
Bruce Leslie Jeffery is a former Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Oxley from 1984 to 1988, Port Macquarie from 1988 to 1991, and Oxley again from 1991 to 1999.
Donald John Bowman was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Swansea in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1988 and from 1991 to 1995.
Leslie Hunter Ford was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1964, representing the electorate of Dubbo.
Kevin Edward Dwyer was an Australian politician and a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 7 months in 1949–50.
This is a list of candidates of the 1991 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 25 May 1991.
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.
Port Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988.
Jeffrey Raymond 'Jeff' McCloy is an Australian property developer, who was Lord Mayor of Newcastle between 2012 and 2014. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Newcastle. Before entering politics, he ran his own construction company, which built John Hunter Hospital. In 2008 he won the Hunter Business Chamber 2008 Business Person of the Year, and in 2009 he won the City of Newcastle Medal.
Oxley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
