Electoral district of Newcastle
- Electoral district of Newcastle
Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It is represented by Jodi McKay of the Australian Labor Party.
In early 2007, sitting member Bryce Gaudry failed to gain the preselection from the Labor Party, which instead chose a former local newsreader, Jodi McKay. Gaudry opted to stand as an independent and as a consequence split the Labor Party's vote. Independent former Lord Mayor of Newcastle came close to winning the seat after preferences but McKay managed to hold on. Labor's previous margin of 15% has been slashed to as little as 1.4% making it one of Labor's most marginal seats.
History
Newcastle was created in 1859 from part of North Eastern Boroughs. It gained a second member in 1880 and a third member in 1889. With the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, it was divided into Newcastle (East), Newcastle (West), Kahibah, Waratah and Wickham. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it absorbed Kahibah, Wallsend and Wickham and elected five members. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Newcastle was split into the single-member electorates of Newcastle, Hamilton, Kahibah and Wallsend.
Members for Newcastle
External links
*cite web
title=Newcastle Electoral District
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/newcastle
accessdate = 2007-01-25
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Newcastle Results 2007
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.newcastle.aspx
accessdate = 2007-05-07
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Newcastle Results 2003
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/newcastle/results/2003
accessdate = 2007-01-25
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Newcastle Results 1999
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/newcastle/results/1999
accessdate = 2007-01-25
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