Joseph Guerino Tripodi is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Fairfield for the Labor Party between 1995 and 2011. He was Minister for Finance,Infrastructure,Regulatory Reform,Ports and Waterways under former Premier Nathan Rees. He was a controversial figure during his time in politics,known as a factional boss,within the NSW Labor Right whose Terrigals sub-faction has twice dumped the sitting Labor Premier during 2007 and 2009. On 11 November 2010,he announced his decision to not contest the 2011 state election.
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.
Cessnock is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the rural fringe of the Hunter. It is represented by Clayton Barr of the Labor Party. It includes all of the City of Cessnock and a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie.
Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented since the 2014 Newcastle by-election by Tim Crakanthorp of the Australian Labor Party.
Karyn Lesley Paluzzano is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2010,representing the electorate of Penrith. In September 2012 Paluzzano was sentenced to twelve months' home detention following a guilty plea for falsely claiming parliamentary allowances,as well as giving false and misleading evidence to an anti-corruption inquiry.
David Watkins was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wallsend from 1894 until 1901. At Federation,he was elected to the new Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Newcastle and served until his death in 1935. Watkins' death left former Prime Minister Billy Hughes as the only remaining member of the First Parliament still in the House.
Anthony Paul Stewart,a former Australian politician,was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Bankstown and Lakemba between 1995 and 2011 for the Labor Party.
Toongabbie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,created at the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts largely replacing the abolished district of Wentworthville. It was contested for the first time in the 2007 general election and abolished in the 2013 redistribution,largely replaced by Seven Hills. Its only member was a former Premier of New South Wales,Nathan Rees from the Labor Party.
Jodi Leyanne McKay is an Australian former politician who was the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from June 2019 until May 2021. She previously served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing Strathfield for the Labor Party from 2015 to 2021. McKay also previously represented Newcastle for one term from 2007 until her defeat at the 2011 election. Between 2008 and 2011,McKay held a number of junior ministerial responsibilities in the Rees and Keneally governments,including serving as the Minister for the Hunter,Tourism,Small Business,Science and Medical Research,Commerce,and Women,and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer). On 17 October 2021,McKay announced she would resign from the parliament,which triggered a by-election in her seat of Strathfield. McKay subsequently became National Chair of the Australia India Business Council.
Waratah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Newcastle area,including the suburb of Waratah. It was originally created in 1894,when multi-member districts were abolished,and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Waratah,Newcastle East,Newcastle West,Kahibah and Wickham. The district was abolished in 1913 and recreated in 1930,replacing parts of Kahibah and Wallsend. It was abolished again in 1999.
Kurri Kurri was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1927,with the abolition of the multi-member electorates of Newcastle and Maitland and named after the Hunter Region town of Kurri Kurri. It was abolished in 1968 and replaced by Wallsend.
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.
Nathan Rees is an Australian former politician who served as the 41st Premier of New South Wales and parliamentary leader of the New South Wales Labor Party from September 2008 to December 2009. Rees was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Toongabbie for Labor from 2007 to 2015.
John Tate is a former councillor and Lord Mayor of the City of Newcastle in New South Wales,Australia.
North Shore,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,has had two incarnations,the first from 1920 to 1927 as a five-member electorate,the second from 1981 to the present as a single-member electorate.
Sydney,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,has had two incarnations,the first from 1920 to 1927 as a five-member electorate,the second from 2007 to the present as a single-member electorate.
Wallsend,an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales,has had four incarnations,the first from 1894 to 1904,the second from 1917 to the 1920,the third from 1927 to 1930,and the fourth from 1968 to the present.
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.
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.
Kate Rebecca Washington is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Disability Inclusion and Families and Communities in the Minns Government of New South Wales since 2023. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Port Stephens for the New South Wales Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.
