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State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blue Mountains is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Trish Doyle of the Labor Party.
Blue Mountains New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1968 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Trish Doyle | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Blue Mountains | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,885 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,422.63 km2 (549.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 45,289 electors on 29 April 2007.[1][2][3][4] Since the 2007 election it has encompassed all of the City of Blue Mountains, except Glenbrook and Lapstone.[5]
Member | Party | Period | |
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Harold Coates [6] | Independent | 1968–1976 | |
Mick Clough [7] | Labor | 1976–1981 | |
Bob Debus [8] | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
Barry Morris [9] | Liberal | 1988–1994 | |
Independent | 1994–1995 | ||
Bob Debus [8] | Labor | 1995–2007 | |
Phil Koperberg [10] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Roza Sage [11] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
Trish Doyle [12] | Labor | 2015–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Trish Doyle | 28,613 | 53.9 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Sophie-Anne Bruce | 12,640 | 23.8 | −5.7 | |
Greens | Jenna Condie | 6,669 | 12.6 | +0.5 | |
Animal Justice | Greg Keightley | 2,285 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
Informed Medical Options | Michelle Palmer | 1,901 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Sustainable Australia | Richard Marschall | 948 | 1.8 | −1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 53,056 | 97.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,143 | 2.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,199 | 91.7 | −1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Trish Doyle | 35,536 | 71.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Sophie-Anne Bruce | 13,893 | 28.1 | −8.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.3 |