Electoral district of Newcastle

















Newcastle
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1859–1894
1904–present
MPTim Crakanthorp
PartyLabor Party
Electors58,086 (2017)
Area121.22 km2 (46.8 sq mi)









Electorates around Newcastle:
Maitland Port Stephens Port Stephens
Wallsend Newcastle Pacific Ocean
Charlestown Pacific Ocean Pacific Ocean

Newcastle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including Newcastle. It was represented since 2011 by Tim Owen of the Liberal Party who became an independent in 2014 shortly before resigning from parliament. The 2014 Newcastle by-election occurred on 25 October, Tim Crakanthorp of the Labor Party regained the seat.


The district takes in the eastern part of the City of Newcastle, including the parts of the suburbs from Hexham to Mayfield lying to the east of the Main North railway line, Broadmeadow, Hamilton South, Merewether Heights and Merewether and the suburbs further east, including central Newcastle and Hamilton. It also includes the Port Stephens Council suburbs of Fern Bay and Fullerton Cove.[1]




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Members for Newcastle


  • 3 Election results


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




History


Newcastle was created in 1859 from part of North Eastern Boroughs. It gained a second member in 1880 and a third member in 1889.[2] With the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, it was divided into Newcastle East, Newcastle West, Kahibah, Waratah and Wickham. These changes to the electoral boundaries were debated.[3][4] Newcastle East and Newcastle West were abolished in 1904, with the reduction in the size of Parliament and Newcastle was recreated. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it absorbed Kahibah, Wallsend and Wickham and elected five members. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Newcastle was split into the single-member electorates of Newcastle, Hamilton, Kahibah and Wallsend.


It has since been usually held by the Labor Party. This pattern was threatened in early 2007, when sitting member Bryce Gaudry lost his preselection to a former local newsreader, Jodi McKay. Gaudry opted to stand as an independent and as a consequence split the Labor Party's vote. Independent former Lord Mayor of Newcastle John Tate came close to winning the seat after preferences but McKay managed to hold on. Labor's previous margin of over 15% had been slashed to as little as 1.4%, making it one of Labor's most marginal seats.


At the New South Wales state election, 2011, Liberal Tim Owen defeated incumbent and one-term member McKay and popular Independent Tate, marking the first time the Liberals or their predecessors had won Newcastle as a single-member seat in over a century. This was one of many gains the Liberals made in what was previously Labor heartland.


Owen became an independent and moved to the crossbench on 6 August 2014 after accusations at ICAC.[5] He resigned from parliament on 12 August 2014 after evidence of corruption was uncovered.[6] The Liberals opted not to contest the ensuing by-election, which saw Labor reclaim the seat handily.



Members for Newcastle





















First incarnation (1859—1880, 1 member)
MemberPartyTerm
 

Arthur Hodgson
None
1859–1860
 

James Hannell
None
1860–1869
 

George Lloyd
None
1869–1877
 

Richard Bowker
None
1877–1880





























(1880—1889, 2 members)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
 

James Fletcher
None
1880–1887
 

George Lloyd
None
1880–1882
 

James Ellis
None
1882–1885
 

George Lloyd
None
1885–1887
 

Protectionist
1887–1889
 

James Ellis

Free Trade
1887–1889





































(1889—1894, 3 members)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
 

James Fletcher

Protectionist
1889–1891
 

Alexander Brown

Protectionist
1889–1891
 

William Grahame

Protectionist
1889–1889
 

James Curley

Free Trade
1889–1891
 

David Scott

Labour
1891–1894
 

John Fegan

Labour
1891–1894
 

William Grahame

Protectionist
1891–1894


















Second incarnation (1904—1920, 1 member)
MemberPartyTerm
 

William Dick

Liberal Reform
1904–1907
 

Owen Gilbert

Liberal Reform
1907–1910
 

Arthur Gardiner

Labour
1910–1917
 

Independent Labor
1917–1920



























































(1920—1927, 5 members)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
 

Arthur Gardiner

Independent
1920–1922
 

John Estell

Labor
1920–1922
 

John Fegan

Nationalist
1920–1922
 

William Kearsley

Labor
1920–1921
 

Hugh Connell

Labor
1920–1927
 
 

David Murray

Labor
1921–1927
 

Walter Skelton

Independent
1922–1925
 

Jack Baddeley

Labor
1922–1927
 

Magnus Cromarty

Nationalist
1922–1925
 

Protestant Labor
1925–1927
 

George Booth

Labor
1925–1927









































(1927—present, 1 member)
MemberPartyTerm
 

Peter Connolly

Labor
1927–1935
 

Frank Hawkins

Labor
1935–1968
 

Arthur Wade

Labor
1968–1988
 

George Keegan

Independent
1988–1991
 

Bryce Gaudry

Labor
1991–2007
 

Independent
2007
 

Jodi McKay

Labor
2007–2011
 

Tim Owen

Liberal
2011–2014
 

Independent
2014
 

Tim Crakanthorp

Labor
2014–present


Election results

















































































New South Wales state election, 2015: Newcastle[7][8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labor

Tim Crakanthorp
19,324
40.1
+9.1


Liberal
Karen Howard
17,082
35.5
−1.7


Greens
Michael Osborne
8,824
18.3
+3.3


Cyclists
Sam Reich
817
1.7
+1.7


Christian Democrats
Milton Caine
787
1.6
+0.3


No Land Tax
Jasmin Addison
714
1.5
+1.5


Socialist Alliance
Steve O'Brien
601
1.2
−0.2
Total formal votes
48,149
96.3
−0.4
Informal votes
1,837
3.7
+0.4

Turnout
49,986
90.3
+1.1

Two-party-preferred result


Labor

Tim Crakanthorp
24,384
57.4
+9.8


Liberal
Karen Howard
18,116
42.6
−9.8


Labor gain from Liberal

Swing
+9.8


References




  1. ^ "Newcastle Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "A Third Member for Newcastle". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 16 March 1888. Retrieved 6 February 2015.


  3. ^ "District News". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 30 June 1893. Retrieved 6 February 2015.


  4. ^ "Division of Electorates". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 4 June 1901. Retrieved 6 February 2015.


  5. ^ Two NSW Liberal MPs stand aside from the party following ICAC revelations on campaign funding: ABC 6 August 2014


  6. ^ Newcastle MP Tim Owen and Charlestown MP Andrew Cornwell resign from NSW Parliament following ICAC donations inquiry: SMH 12 August 2014


  7. ^ State Electoral District of Newcastle: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.


  8. ^ State Electoral District of Newcastle: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.




External links



  • "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2015.







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