Electoral district of Cessnock

Cessnock New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1913–1920 1927–present
MP	Clayton Barr
Party	Australian Labor Party
Area	4,389.03 km^2 (1,694.6 sq mi)

Cessnock is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the rural fringe of the Hunter. It is represented by Clayton Barr of the Australian Labor Party. It includes all of City of Cessnock (including Cessnock and Kurri Kurri), part of Singleton Council (including Broke and Belford) and a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend).^[1]

History

Cessnock was created in 1913, but was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Maitland. It was recreated in 1927 and included much of the Central Coast until the creation of Gosford in 1950. It has historically been a safe Labor seat.

At the 2007 election, it encompassed all of City of Cessnock, a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Beresfield and Tarro), a small part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Barnsley and West Wallsend) and a small part of Singleton Council (including Belford).^[2] At the 2013 redistribution it gained Broke, Milbrodale and Wollombi from Upper Hunter and lost Beresfield and Tarro to Wallsend.^[3]

Members for Cessnock

First incarnation (1913—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	William Kearsley	Labor	1913–1920
Second incarnation (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Baddeley	Labor	1927–1949
	John Crook	Labor	1949–1959
	George Neilly	Labor	1959–1978
	Bob Brown	Labor	1978–1980
	Stan Neilly	Labor	1981–1988
	Bob Roberts	Liberal	1988–1991
	Stan Neilly	Labor	1991–1999
	Kerry Hickey	Labor	1999–2011
	Clayton Barr	Labor	2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Cessnock^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Clayton Barr	28,519	62.2	+28.1
	National	Jessica Price-Purnell	10,652	23.2	−1.8
	Greens	Lindy Williams	3,857	8.4	−0.2
	No Land Tax	Domenic Lopreiato	1,465	3.2	+3.2
	Christian Democrats	Julie Johnson	1,339	2.9	−0.5
Total formal votes			45,832	95.6	+0.9
Informal votes			2,111	4.4	−0.9
Turnout			47,943	91.4	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clayton Barr	30,057	72.0	+18.1
	National	Jessica Price-Purnell	11,685	28.0	−18.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+18.1

References

1. "Cessnock". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
2. "Cessnock Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
3. Antony Green. "Electorate: Cessnock". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
4. State Electoral District of Cessnock: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
5. State Electoral District of Cessnock: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Cessnock". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2015.