Electoral district of Prospect
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| Prospect New South Wales—Legislative Assembly |
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Electoral district of Prospect in Sydney
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| State | New South Wales |
| Created | 2015 |
| MP | Hugh McDermott |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Namesake | Prospect, New South Wales |
| Electors | 54,127 (NSW State Election, 2015) |
| Area | 70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name. It also includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill and Smithfield.[1]
Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Australian Labor Party.
Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.
Members for Prospect
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Hugh McDermott | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Hugh McDermott | 21,156 | 44.8 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Rohan | 18,158 | 38.5 | −3.8 | |
| Christian Democrats | Sam Georgis | 3,351 | 7.1 | −0.2 | |
| Greens | Sujan Selventhiran | 3,214 | 6.8 | −0.4 | |
| No Land Tax | Angelo Esposito | 1,345 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,224 | 95.2 | +0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,393 | 4.8 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 49,617 | 91.4 | +2.6 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Hugh McDermott | 22,946 | 53.4 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Rohan | 20,027 | 46.6 | −4.5 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 | |||
References
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- ↑ State Electoral District of Prospect: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Prospect: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
