Electoral district of Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Since 2019 it has been represented by Gurmesh Singh of the National Party.

Coffs Harbour New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1981–present
MP	Gurmesh Singh
Party	National Party
Namesake	Coffs Harbour
Electors	55,338 (2019)
Area	1,173.73 km2 (453.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Coffs Harbour: Clarence Clarence Pacific Ocean Clarence Coffs Harbour Pacific Ocean Oxley Oxley Pacific Ocean

The district takes in the entirety of the City of Coffs Harbour and includes the localities of Coffs Harbour, Sawtell, Coramba, Korora Bay, Moonee Beach, Emerald Beach, Woolgoolga, Arrawarra, Corindi Beach and Red Rock.^[1]

Members for Coffs Harbour

Member		Party	Period
	Matt Singleton[2]	National	1981–1990
	Andrew Fraser[3]	National	1990–2019
	Gurmesh Singh[4]	National	2019–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Coffs Harbour

2023 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gurmesh Singh	25,319	51.43	+8.61
	Labor	Tony Judge	10,263	20.85	+3.16
	Independent	Sally Townley	5,978	12.14	−5.25
	Legalise Cannabis	Tihema Elliston	2,917	5.93	+5.93
	Greens	Tim Nott	2,814	5.72	−0.81
	Animal Justice	Kellie Pearce	1,096	2.23	−0.47
	Sustainable Australia	Ruth Cully	842	1.71	+1.71
Total formal votes			49,229	97.20	+0.95
Informal votes			1,416	2.80	−0.95
Turnout			50,645	87.58	−1.29
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gurmesh Singh	27,458	63.24	+2.47
	Labor	Tony Judge	15,958	36.76	−2.47
	National hold		Swing	+2.47

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

References

1. "Coffs Harbour". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "Mr (Matt) Matthew Singleton". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
3. "Mr Andrew Raymond Gordon Fraser (1952 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
4. "Mr Gurmesh Singh, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
5. LA First Preference: Coffs Harbour, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
6. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Coffs Harbour, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.