Electoral district of Prospect

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the former Australian federal electorate, see Division of Prospect. For the former South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect (South Australia).

Prospect New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	2015
MP	Hugh McDermott
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Prospect, New South Wales
Electors	58,840 (2023)
Area	70.6 km^2 (27.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Electorates around Prospect: Blacktown Winston Hills Blacktown Winston Hills Badgerys Creek Prospect Granville Badgerys Creek Cabramatta Fairfield

Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in Western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name.

Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.

History

Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Prospect includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Prospect, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill, South Wentworthville and Smithfield.^[1]

Members for Prospect

Member		Party	Term
	Hugh McDermott [2]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Prospect

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Prospect^[3]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	24,519	49.3	−1.0
	Liberal	Kalvin Biag	17,903	36.0	−0.3
	Greens	Sujan Selventhiran	3,610	7.3	+2.5
	Sustainable Australia	Peter Shafer	1,892	3.8	+3.8
	Animal Justice	Emily Walsh	1,775	3.6	+1.1
Total formal votes			49,699	95.4	−0.5
Informal votes			2,375	4.6	+0.5
Turnout			52,074	88.5	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	27,175	58.7	+0.1
	Liberal	Kalvin Biag	19,137	41.3	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

References

1. "Prospect". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
3. LA First Preference: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
4. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Prospect, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.