Electoral district of Macquarie Fields
Appearance
Macquarie Fields New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1988–1991, 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Anoulack Chanthivong | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Macquarie Fields | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 61,782 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 94.19 km2 (36.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Macquarie Fields is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is currently represented by Anoulack Chanthivong of the Labor Party.
Geography
[edit]On its current boundaries, Macquarie Fields takes in the suburbs of Bardia, Bow Bowing, Casula, Cross Roads, Denham Court, Edmondson Park, Eschol Park, Glenfield, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leppington, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Minto, Minto Heights, Raby, St Andrews and Varroville.[1]
Members for Macquarie Fields
[edit]First incarnation (1988—1991) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Stan Knowles [2] | Labor | 1988–1990 | |
Craig Knowles [3] | Labor | 1990–1991 | |
Second incarnation (1999—present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Craig Knowles [3] | Labor | 1999–2005 | |
Steven Chaytor [4] | Labor | 2005–2007 | |
Andrew McDonald [5] | Labor | 2007–2015 | |
Anoulack Chanthivong [6] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Anoulack Chanthivong | 28,089 | 57.1 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Khairul Chowdhury | 10,682 | 21.7 | −6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gemma Noiosi | 4,122 | 8.4 | +8.3 | |
Greens | Seamus Lee | 2,349 | 4.8 | +0.6 | |
Animal Justice | Donna Wilson | 2,346 | 4.8 | +4.5 | |
Sustainable Australia | Michael Clark | 1,606 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 49,194 | 95.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,266 | 4.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 51,460 | 86.3 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Anoulack Chanthivong | 30,468 | 69.9 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Khairul Chowdhury | 13,141 | 30.1 | −5.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Macquarie Fields". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Stan) Stanley Alfred James Knowles (1931– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b "The Hon. Craig John Knowles (1959– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Steven John Chaytor (1976- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Dr Andrew Dominic McDonald (1955- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Anoulack Chanthivong MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Macquarie Fields, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Macquarie Fields, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.