Electoral district of Blue Mountains

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
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	59,088 (2023)
Area	1,422.63 km2 (549.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Blue Mountains: Bathurst Bathurst Hawkesbury Bathurst Blue Mountains Penrith Bathurst Wollondilly Badgerys Creek

History

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]

Members for Blue Mountains

Member		Party	Period
	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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Blue Mountains

2023 New South Wales state election: Blue Mountains^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]

See also

• List of Blue Mountains articles

References

1. "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2006.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blue Mountains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
5. "Blue Mountains". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
6. "Mr Harold George Coates (1917-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
7. "Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. "The Hon. (Bob) Robert John Debus (1943- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
9. "Mr Barry John Morris (1935-2001)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
10. "Mr (Phil) Philip Christian Koperberg (1943- )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
11. "Mrs Roza Eva Maria Sage". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
12. "Ms (Trish) Trisha Lee Doyle". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
13. LA First Preference: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
14. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Blue Mountains, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.