Electoral district of Bathurst
| Bathurst New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Dates current | 1859–present |
| MP | Paul Toole |
| Party | The Nationals |
| Area | 14,992.77 km2 (5,788.7 sq mi) |
Bathurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Paul Toole of The Nationals.
Bathurst is a regional electorate that encompasses the entirety of the local government areas of Bathurst Region, the City of Lithgow, Oberon Shire, Blayney Shire, Oberon Shire plus the southern part of Mid-Western Regional Council (including Rylstone, Kandos and Ilford).[1]
History
Bathurst was created in 1859, partly replacing Western Boroughs. Between 1920 and 1927, it absorbed parts of Hartley and Orange and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recreated as single-member electorates. It was held by the Labor party for 20 years until the Coalition's landslide win in 2011, where the Nationals candidate Paul Toole recorded a swing of 36.7%, the largest in history.[2]
Members for Bathurst
| (1859–1920, 1 member) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Clements | None | 1859–1860 | |
| James Hart | None | 1860–1864 | |
| James Kemp | None | 1864–1866 | |
| William Suttor, Sr. | None | 1866–1872 | |
| Edward Combes | None | 1872–1874 | |
| Francis Bathurst Suttor | None | 1875–1887 | |
| William Cortis | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |
| William Paul | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | |
| Francis Bathurst Suttor | Protectionist | 1891–1894 | |
| Sydney Smith | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
| Francis Bathurst Suttor | Protectionist | 1898–1900 | |
| William Young | Protectionist | 1900–1901 | |
| Progressive | 1901–1907 | ||
| Independent | 1907–1907 | ||
| John Miller | Liberal and Reform | 1907–1913 | |
| Ernest Durack | Labor | 1913–1917 | |
| Valentine Johnston | Labor | 1917–1920 | |
| (1920–1927, 3 members) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| James Dooley | Labor | 1920–1927 | Valentine Johnston | Labor | 1920–1922 | John Fitzpatrick | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | |||
| Sir Charles Rosenthal | Nationalist | 1922–1925 | |||||||||
| Gus Kelly | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||||
| (1927–present, 1 member) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Gus Kelly | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| Gordon Wilkins | Country | 1932–1935 | |
| Gus Kelly | Labor | 1935–1967 | |
| Clive Osborne | Country | 1967–1981 | |
| Mick Clough | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
| David Berry | Liberal | 1988–1991 | |
| Mick Clough | Labor | 1991–1999 | |
| Gerard Martin | Labor | 1999–2011 | |
| Paul Toole | National | 2011–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Paul Toole | 29,135 | 59.9 | −7.4 | |
| Labor | Cass Coleman | 13,314 | 27.4 | +6.5 | |
| Greens | Tracey Carpenter | 4,436 | 9.1 | +2.9 | |
| Christian Democrats | Narelle Rigby | 1,010 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| No Land Tax | Tom Cripps | 750 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 48,645 | 97.4 | +0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,314 | 2.6 | −0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 49,959 | 92.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Paul Toole | 30,241 | 65.8 | −7.9 | |
| Labor | Cass Coleman | 15,704 | 34.2 | +7.9 | |
| National hold | Swing | −7.9 | |||
References
- ↑ "Bathurst". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- ↑ Stevenson, Andrew (29 March 2011). "Bathurst resident's historic swing his alone". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Bathurst : First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Bathurst : Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.