Electoral district of Seven Hills

Seven Hills
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1981–1991
2015–2023
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeSeven Hills
Electors53,676 (2019)
Area32.09 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Electorates around Seven Hills:
Riverstone Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills
Blacktown Seven Hills Parramatta
Prospect Granville Parramatta

Seven Hills was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Taylor of the Liberal Party.

It includes the suburbs of Constitution Hill, Northmead, Old Toongabbie and Winston Hills and parts of Seven Hills, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Kings Langley, Glenwood, Lalor Park, Pendle Hill, Prospect, Toongabbie, Wentworthville and Westmead.[1]

History

Seven Hills was established for the first time in 1981 but it was abolished in 1991. It was recreated from 2015 as a result of the 2013 redistribution.[2] It is named after and including the Sydney suburb of Seven Hills.

The second incarnation of Seven Hills largely consisted of areas from the abolished seat of Toongabbie, which had historically been a Labor stronghold before Labor's near-meltdown in west Sydney in the 2011 election. In the election, the Labor margin was reduced from a comfortably safe 14.5 percent to an extremely marginal 0.3 percent. The transfer of traditionally pro-Labor voting areas to Blacktown and Prospect, and the addition of equally pro-Liberal areas from Baulkham Hills significantly altered the political composition of the electorate, giving the Liberals a notional margin of 8.8 percent–on the stronger side of fairly safe. The sitting member for Toongabbie was former Labor Premier Nathan Rees, who concluded the new Seven Hills was impossible to hold and retired at the 2015 election.[3][4]

As a result of a redistribution in 2021, Seven Hills will be abolished at the 2023 election and largely replaced by Winston Hills.[5]

Members for Seven Hills

First Incarnation (1981–1991)
Member Party Period
  Bob Christie [6] Labor 1981–1991
Second Incarnation (2015–present)
  Mark Taylor [7] Liberal 2015–2023

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Seven Hills
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Seven Hills.[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Seven Hills [8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Taylor 23,548 50.13 +0.44
Labor Durga Owen 16,909 35.99 +3.45
Greens Damien Atkins 3,038 6.47 −0.66
Independent Alan Sexton 1,844 3.93 +3.93
Sustainable Australia Eric Claus 863 1.84 +1.84
Conservatives Jude D'Cruz 775 1.65 +1.65
Total formal votes 46,977 96.76 +0.63
Informal votes 1,572 3.24 −0.63
Turnout 48,549 90.45 −1.35
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Taylor 24,518 56.36 −2.39
Labor Durga Owen 18,988 43.64 +2.39
Liberal hold Swing −2.39

References

  1. ^ "Seven Hills". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Former NSW premier Nathan Rees to quit politics at 2015 state election - ABC News". ABC News. 28 March 2014.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "2013 New South Wales Redistribution". ABC. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Redistribution of electoral districts 2021" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Mr (Bob) Robert William John Christie". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Mark Owen Taylor MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Seven Hills: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Seven Hills: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.