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Electoral district of Wallsend

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Summary

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

FieldValue
nameWallsend
statensw
image
captionInteractive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan1894–1904
1917–1920
1927–1930
1968–present
mpSonia Hornery
mp-partyLabor Party
namesakeWallsend
electors60138
electors_year2023
area116.83
classOuter-metropolitan
near-nMaitland
near-nePort Stephens
near-eNewcastle
near-seNewcastle
near-sCharlestown
near-swLake Macquarie
near-wCessnock
near-nwMaitland

1917–1920 1927–1930 1968–present |mp-party = Labor Party | near-n = Maitland | near-ne = Port Stephens | near-e = Newcastle | near-se = Newcastle | near-s = Charlestown | near-sw = Lake Macquarie | near-w = Cessnock | near-nw = Maitland

Wallsend is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has only ever been represented by a member of the Labor Party and is currently represented by Sonia Hornery.

Geography

Wallsend is a Newcastle suburban electorate, deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, covering 116.83 km2. It encompasses part or whole of the suburbs of , , , (encompassing Newcastle University), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . There were 56,506 people enrolled within the electorate as of January 2015.

History

Wallsend was initially settled as a coal mining area and has developed into one of the poorer dormitory areas for the industrial hub of Newcastle. Throughout its history Wallsend has been a safe Labor seat.

It was first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle, but was abolished in 1904 with the reduction of the size of the Legislative Assembly after Federation. It was recreated between 1917 but with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it was absorbed into Newcastle. In 1930, it was abolished and partly replaced by Waratah. It was most recently recreated at the 1968 redistribution, largely from the abolished district of Kurri Kurri.

In its current incarnation it has had three members to date. The first was Ken Booth who eventually became the state treasurer in the Wran and Unsworth governments. He was succeeded by John Mills, who was in turn succeeded by Sonia Hornery.

Members for Wallsend

First incarnation (1894–1904)MemberPartyTermSecond incarnation (1913–1920)MemberPartyTermThird incarnation (1927–1930)MemberPartyTermFourth incarnation (1968–present)MemberPartyTerm
David Watkins1894–1901
title=Mr John Estell (1861–1928)id=1078former=Yesaccess-date=11 May 2019}}1901–1904
John Estell1913–1920
Robert Cameron1927–1930
Ken Booth1968–1988
John Mills1988–2007
name=Ms Sonia Kathleen Hornery, MPid=33access-date=2 April 2019}}2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wallsend

References

References

  1. "Wallsend". [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]].
  2. "Enrolment statistics". [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]].
  3. "Mr David Watkins (1865-1935)".
  4. "Mr John Estell (1861–1928)".
  5. "Mr Robert Cameron (1890–1970)".
  6. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  7. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  8. {{cite NSW Parliament
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