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Electoral district of Bathurst

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Summary

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

FieldValue
nameBathurst
statensw
image
captionInteractive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan1859–present
mpPaul Toole
mp-partyNational
namesakeBathurst, New South Wales
electors59476
electors_year2023
area14992.77
classProvincial and rural
near-nUpper Hunter
near-neUpper Hunter
near-nwDubbo
near-eHawkesbury
Blue Mountains
near-wOrange
near-sGoulburn
near-seWollondilly
near-swCootamundra

the New South Wales state electoral district

|mp-party = National |near-n = Upper Hunter |near-ne = Upper Hunter |near-nw = Dubbo |near-e = Hawkesbury Blue Mountains |near-w = Orange |near-s = Goulburn |near-se = Wollondilly |near-sw = Cootamundra 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 [[National Party of Australia – NSW| Nationals]].

Bathurst is a regional electorate that encompasses the entirety of the local government areas of Bathurst Region, the City of Lithgow, Blayney Shire, Oberon Shire plus the southern part of Mid-Western Regional Council (including Rylstone, Kandos and Ilford).{{cite web | access-date = 23 November 2019 | archive-date = 22 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191122225659/https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Bathurst | url-status = live

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 state history. Of particular note was the suburb of Eglinton, where labour support plummeted from 854 of 1,690 (50.5%) to 180 of 1,690 (10.7%) first preference votes; a precipitous decline of 79%. This trend was somewhat reversed in 2015, with Toole being re-elected by a margin of around 15,000 votes, a majority of almost two-thirds of the vote, but still down from the approximate 20,000 margin from 2011.

Members for Bathurst

(1859–1920, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm(1920–1927, 3 members)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm(1927–present, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm
title=Mr John Findlater Clements (1819-1884)id=481former=Yesaccess-date=10 June 2019}}None1859–1860
James HartNone1860–1864
James KempNone1864–1866
name=Mr William Henry Suttor (Senior) (1805–1877)id=309former=Yesaccess-date=19 April 2019}}None1866–1872
name=Mr Edward Combes C.M.G. (1830–1895)id=625former=Yesaccess-date=24 September 2019}}None1872–1874
Francis SuttorNone1875–1887
title=Dr William Richard Cortis (1847-1909)id=888former=Yesaccess-date=23 June 2019}}1887–1889
William Paul1889–1891
Francis Suttor1891–1894
Sydney Smith1894–1898
Francis Suttor1898–1900
William Young1900–1901
1901–1907
John Miller1907–1913
name=Mr Ernest Durack (1882–1967)id=1376former=Yesaccess-date=4 May 2019}}1913–1917
title=Mr Valentine Carlysle Ross Wood Johnston (1880–1957)id=1346former=Yesaccess-date=23 June 2019}}1917–1920
Valentine Johnston1920–1922Labor NSW}}James Dooley1920–1927Nationalist}}John Fitzpatrick1920–1927
title=Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (1875-1954)id=1278former=Yesaccess-date=25 September 2019}}1922–1925
Gus Kelly1925–1927
Gus Kelly1927–1932
name=Mr Gordon Wilkins(1885–1938)id=1421former=Yesaccess-date=23 May 2019}}1932–1935
Gus Kelly1935–1967
title=Mr Clive Geoffrey Osborne (1923-1998)id=1821former=Yesaccess-date=11 May 2019}}1967–1981
title=Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)id=1869former=Yesaccess-date=11 May 2019}}1981–1988
David Berry1988–1991
Mick Clough1991–1999
Gerard Martin1999–2011
name=The Hon. Paul Lawrence Toole MPid=62access-date=4 April 2019}}2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bathurst

References

References

  1. {{NSW Parliamentary Record
  2. "Former Members". [[Parliament of New South Wales]].
  3. Stevenson, Andrew. (29 March 2011). "Bathurst resident's historic swing his alone". Fairfax Media.
  4. "Mr John Findlater Clements (1819-1884)".
  5. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  6. "Mr James Ruthven Kemp (1833-1873)".
  7. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  8. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  9. "Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (1839-1915)".
  10. "Dr William Richard Cortis (1847-1909)".
  11. "Mr William Henry Paul (1846-1947)".
  12. "The Hon. Sydney Smith (1856–1934)".
  13. "Mr William White Young (1852-1915)".
  14. "Mr John Miller (1870-1934)".
  15. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  16. "Mr Valentine Carlysle Ross Wood Johnston (1880–1957)".
  17. "Mr James Thomas Dooley (1877-1950)".
  18. "The Hon. John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick (1862–1932)".
  19. "Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD (1875-1954)".
  20. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  21. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  22. "Mr Clive Geoffrey Osborne (1923-1998)".
  23. "Mr (Mick) Ralph James Clough (1927-2008)".
  24. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  25. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  26. {{cite NSW Parliament
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