Electoral district of Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1950–present
MP	Greg Piper
Party	Independent
Namesake	Lake Macquarie
Electors	59,020 (2023)
Area	531.46 km^2 (205.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Lake Macquarie: Cessnock Cessnock Wallsend Cessnock Wyong Lake Macquarie Charlestown Swansea Wyong Wyong Swansea

Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle, Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.

Geography

Lake Macquarie is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle and includes suburbs as far north as Killingworth, Boolaroo and Cardiff and as far east as Cardiff South.^[1] Suburbs further north are in Cessnock and Wallsend and suburbs further east are in Charlestown and Swansea.

Members for Lake Macquarie

Member		Party	Term
	Jim Simpson [2]	Labor	1950–1968
	Merv Hunter [3]	Labor	1969–1991
	Jeff Hunter [4]	Labor	1991–2007
	Greg Piper [5]	Independent	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lake Macquarie

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Greg Piper	29,093	57.5	+3.0
	Labor	Steve Ryan	10,031	19.8	−0.8
	Liberal	Joshua Beer	5,091	10.1	−5.5
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Jason Lesage	3,203	6.3	+6.3
	Greens	Kim Grierson	2,430	4.8	−0.1
	Sustainable Australia	Felipe Gore-Escalante	761	1.5	0.0
Total formal votes			50,609	97.3	+0.8
Informal votes			1,386	2.7	−0.8
Turnout			51,995	88.1	−0.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Steve Ryan	16,981	62.8	+6.3
	Liberal	Joshua Beer	10,069	37.2	−6.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Greg Piper	32,905	74.1	+0.9
	Labor	Steve Ryan	11,492	25.9	−0.9
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.9

References

1. "Lake Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
3. "Mr (Merv) Mervyn Leslie Hunter (1926-2013)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
4. "Mr (Jeff) Jeffery Hunter (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
5. "Mr (Greg) Gregory Michael Piper, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
6. LA First Preference: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Lake Macquarie, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
9. Green, Antony. "2020/21 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Draft Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2023.