- Electoral district of Bathurst
Bathurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the
Australia n state ofNew South Wales . It is represented byGerard Martin of theAustralian Labor Party .The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 48,849 electors on 29 April 2007. [cite web
title=Redistribution Commissioners' Report
date=21 December 2004
publisher =Election Funding Authority of New South Wales
url = http://efa.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2105/pagesivtovii300.pdf
accessdate = 2006-12-05 ] At the 2007 election it encompassedBathurst Regional Council (including Bathurst), theCity of Lithgow ,Oberon Council , most of Blayney Shire (including Blayney, Carcoar and Millthorpe) and the southern part ofMid-Western Regional Council (including Rylstone, Kandos and Ilford). [cite web
title=Bathurst Electoral District
publisher =New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/bathurst
accessdate = 2006-11-28 ]History
Bathurst was created in 1859, partly replacing Western Boroughs. Between 1920 to 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.Members for Bathurst
Election results
Election box begin
title=New South Wales state election, 2007 : BathurstElection box candidate AU party
candidate =Gerard Martin
party = Labor
votes = 23,443
percentage = 53.4
change = -0.8Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Susan Williams
party = Nationals
votes = 13,496
percentage = 30.8
change = -0.6Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Ray Thompson
party = Independent
votes = 4,816
percentage = 11.0
change = +11.0Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Sebria Lawrence
party = Greens
votes =2,124
percentage = 4.8
change = -1.4Election box formal
votes = 44,751
percentage = 98.0
change =Election box informal
votes = 872
percentage = 2.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 445,623
percentage =
change =Election box candidate AU party
party = Labor
candidate =Gerard Martin
votes = 25,419
percentage = 63.0
change = -0.2Election box candidate AU party
party = Nationals
candidate = Susan Williams
votes = 14,897
percentage = 37.0
change = +0.2Election box hold AU party
winner = Labor
swing = -0.2References
External links
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Bathurst Results 2007
publisher =New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.bathurst.aspx
accessdate = 2007-05-05
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Bathurst Results 2003
publisher =New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/bathurst/results/2003
accessdate = 2007-01-23
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Bathurst Results 1999
publisher =New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/bathurst/results/1999
accessdate = 2007-01-23
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