Electoral district of Gosford

Gosford
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Gosford; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1950–present
MP	Liesl Tesch
Party	Labor
Namesake	Gosford
Electors	56,435 (2019)
Area	867.15 km2 (334.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
	Electorates around Gosford:

Last updated April 19, 2024

Gosford is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia. The electorate covers the southern and western parts of the Central Coast Council in the Central Coast region, including central Gosford and Woy Woy.^[1]

History

The electorate was created in 1950. At the redistribution prior to the 2007 election much of the district of Gosford, then held by Chris Hartcher for the Liberal Party, became part of the district of Terrigal while Gosford absorbed most of the former district of Peats, then held by Marie Andrews for the Labor Party. Antony Green describes the redistribution as effectively being that Gosford was renamed Terrigal while Peats was renamed Gosford.^[2]

Geography

On its current boundaries, Gosford includes the suburbs of Bar Point, Blackwall, Booker Bay, Calga, Central Mangrove, Cheero Point, Cogra Bay, Ettalong Beach, Glenworth Valley, Gosford, Greengrove, Horsfield Bay, Kariong, Koolewong Little Wobby, Lower Mangrove, Mangrove Creek, Mangrove Mountain, Marlow, Mooney Mooney, Mooney Mooney Creek, Mount White, Narara, Patonga, Pearl Beach, Peats Ridge, Phegans Bay, Point Clare, Point Frederick, Somersby, Spencer, Tascott, Ten Mile Hollow, Umina Beach, Upper Mangrove, West Gosford, Wondabyne, Woy Woy, Woy Woy Bay and parts of East Gosford and North Gosford.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Gosford who were born overseas was 15% which is slightly lower than the national average at 22.2% and the percentage of people who have Australian citizenship is only slightly higher than the national average of 86.1% at 88.4%. As for languages spoken at home English only was the most common language spoken by 90.4% of the population which is substantially higher than national average at 78.5%. Italian was second with 0.4%, while no other language was spoken by more than 0.3% of the total population. Anglicanism was the most common religion at 28.2%, followed by Catholicism at 26.6%, No Religion with 14.9% and Uniting Church at 5.6%. Median incomes for the population aged 15 years and over was only slightly lower in both weekly individual income and weekly household income but slightly higher in the weekly family income category.^[3]

Members for Gosford

	Party	Period
Harold Jackson ^[4]	Liberal	1950–1965
Ted Humphries ^[5]	Liberal	1965–1971
Keith O'Connell ^[6]	Labor	1971–1973
Malcolm Brooks ^[7]	Liberal	1973–1976
Brian McGowan ^[8]	Labor	1976–1988
Chris Hartcher ^[9]	Liberal	1988–2007
Marie Andrews ^[10]	Labor	2007–2011
Chris Holstein ^[11]	Liberal	2011–2015
Kathy Smith	Labor	2015–2017
Liesl Tesch ^[12]	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Gosford^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Liesl Tesch	24,703	50.4	+6.3
	Liberal	Dee Bocking	13,881	28.3	−7.8
	Greens	Hilary van Haren	4,553	9.3	+0.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Larry Freeman	2,071	4.2	−0.5
	Independent	Lisa Bellamy	1,668	3.4	+3.4
	Animal Justice	Emily McCallum	1,336	2.7	−0.7
	Sustainable Australia	Ineka Soetens	806	1.6	−0.8
Total formal votes			49,018	97.0	+0.5
Informal votes			1,524	3.0	−0.5
Turnout			50,542	86.9	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Liesl Tesch	29,023	65.4	+8.3
	Liberal	Dee Bocking	15,364	34.6	−8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3

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References

↑ "Gosford". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
↑ "Terrigal- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 20 November 2019.
↑ "2006 Census QuickStats : Gosford (State Electoral Division)". Censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
↑ "Mr Harold Ernest Jackson (1902-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Edward Harris Humphries (1914–1994)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Keith O'Connell (1923-2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Malcolm Harold Brooks (1930- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Brian McGowan (1935-1994 )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Mr (Chris) Christopher Peter Hartcher (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
↑ "Ms Marie Therese Andrews (1940- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
↑ "Mr Christopher David Holstein (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
↑ "Ms Liesl Dorothy Tesch, AM". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
↑ LA First Preference: Gosford, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Gosford, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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[1] "Gosford". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[ABC_Terrigal-2] "Terrigal- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 20 November 2019.

[3] "2006 Census QuickStats : Gosford (State Electoral Division)". Censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

[Harold_Jackson_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Harold Ernest Jackson (1902-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Ted_Humphries_NSW_parl-5] "Mr Edward Harris Humphries (1914–1994)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Keith_O'Connell_NSW_parl-6] "Mr Keith O'Connell (1923-2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Malcolm_Brooks_NSW_parl-7] "Mr Malcolm Harold Brooks (1930- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Brian_McGowan_NSW_parl-8] "Mr Brian McGowan (1935-1994 )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Chris_Hartcher_NSW_parl-9] "Mr (Chris) Christopher Peter Hartcher (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 October 2019.

[Marie_Andrews_NSW_parl-10] "Ms Marie Therese Andrews (1940- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[Chris_Holstein_NSW_parl-11] "Mr Christopher David Holstein (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Tesch_NSW_Parl-12] "Ms Liesl Dorothy Tesch, AM". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.

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

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

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