Electoral district of Wallsend

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.[1]

Wallsend
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1894–1904
1917–1920
1927–1930
1968–present
MPSonia Hornery
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeWallsend
Electors59,050 (2019)
Area116.83 km2 (45.1 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Electorates around Wallsend:
Maitland Maitland Port Stephens
Cessnock Wallsend Newcastle
Lake Macquarie Charlestown Newcastle

Geography

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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 Beresfield, Birmingham Gardens, Black Hill, Callaghan (encompassing Newcastle University), Cardiff, Cardiff Heights, Elermore Vale, Fletcher, Glendale, Hexham, Jesmond, Lambton, Lenaghan, Maryland, Minmi, New Lambton, New Lambton Heights, North Lambton, Rankin Park, Shortland, Tarro, Wallsend, Waratah and Waratah West.[2] There were 56,506 people enrolled within the electorate as of January 2015.[3]

History

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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

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First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member Party Term
  David Watkins[4] Labour 1894–1901
  John Estell[5] Labour 1901–1904
Second incarnation (1913—1920)
Member Party Term
  John Estell[5] Labor 1913–1920
Third incarnation (1927—1930)
Member Party Term
  Robert Cameron[6] Labor 1927–1930
Fourth incarnation (1968—present)
Member Party Term
  Ken Booth[7] Labor 1968–1988
  John Mills[8] Labor 1988–2007
  Sonia Hornery[1] Labor 2007–present

Election results

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2023 New South Wales state election: Wallsend[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sonia Hornery 33,127 63.9 +1.4
Liberal Callum Pull 6,988 13.5 −6.5
Greens Rebecca Watkins 5,545 10.7 +1.5
One Nation Pietro Di Girolamo 3,532 6.8 +6.8
Animal Justice Anna Nolan 1,088 2.1 −2.2
Independent Joshua Starrett 811 1.6 +1.6
Sustainable Australia Paul Akers 717 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 51,808 97.4 +1.0
Informal votes 1,365 2.6 −1.0
Turnout 53,173 88.4 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sonia Hornery 38,043 81.8 +5.9
Liberal Callum Pull 8,489 18.2 −5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ms Sonia Kathleen Hornery, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Wallsend". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Enrolment statistics". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Mr David Watkins (1865-1935)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Mr John Estell (1861–1928)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Robert Cameron (1890–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ "The Hon. Kenneth George Booth (1926–1988)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr John Charles Mills (1941– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. ^ LA First Preference: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.