Electoral district of Prospect

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Prospect
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Prospect.svg
Electoral district of Prospect
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Created2015
MP Hugh McDermott
Party Labor Party
Namesake Prospect, New South Wales
Electors 54,422 (2019)
Area70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Electorates around Prospect:
Blacktown Winston Hills
Blacktown
Winston Hills
Badgerys Creek Prospect Granville
Badgerys Creek Cabramatta Fairfield

Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in Western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name.

Contents

Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.

History

Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Prospect includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Prospect, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill, South Wentworthville and Smithfield. [1]

Members for Prospect

MemberPartyTerm
  Hugh McDermott [2] Labor 2015–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Prospect [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hugh McDermott 24,51949.3−1.0
Liberal Kalvin Biag17,90336.0−0.3
Greens Sujan Selventhiran3,6107.3+2.5
Sustainable Australia Peter Shafer1,8923.8+3.8
Animal Justice Emily Walsh1,7753.6+1.1
Total formal votes49,69995.4−0.5
Informal votes2,3754.6+0.5
Turnout 52,07488.5+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hugh McDermott 27,17558.7+0.1
Liberal Kalvin Biag19,13741.3−0.1
Labor hold Swing +0.1

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References

  1. "Prospect". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. LA First Preference: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.