Electoral district of Macquarie Fields

Macquarie Fields
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Location within Sydney
State New South Wales
Dates current 1988–1991, 1999–present
MP Anoulack Chanthivong
Party Australian Labor Party
Area 94.19 km2 (36.4 sq mi)

Macquarie Fields is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the outer south-western suburbs of Sydney. It is currently represented by Anoulack Chanthivong of the Australian Labor Party.

It currently includes the suburbs of Bardia, Bow Bowing, Casula, Cross Roads, Denham Court, Edmondson Park, Eschol Park, Glenfield, Ingleburn, Kearns, Kentlyn, Leppington, Leumeah, Long Point, Macquarie Fields, Macquarie Links, Minto, Minto Heights, Raby, St Andrews and Varroville.[1]

Members for Macquarie Fields

First incarnation (1988—1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  Stan Knowles Labor 1988–1990
  Craig Knowles Labor 1990–1991
Second incarnation (1999—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Craig Knowles Labor 1999–2005
  Steven Chaytor Labor 2005–2007
  Andrew McDonald Labor 2007–2015
  Anoulack Chanthivong Labor 2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Macquarie Fields[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Anoulack Chanthivong 23,978 50.8 +11.7
Liberal Pat Farmer 17,247 36.5 −6.0
Greens Mary Brownlee 1,787 3.8 −2.1
Independent Mick Allen 1,543 3.3 +3.3
Christian Democrats John Ramsay 1,484 3.1 −0.9
No Land Tax Antonetta Marra 863 1.8 +1.8
Clinton Mead 288 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 47,190 95.7 +0.8
Informal votes 2,096 4.3 −0.8
Turnout 49,286 89.6 +3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anoulack Chanthivong 25,267 58.1 +9.9
Liberal Pat Farmer 18,227 41.9 −9.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.9

References

  1. ↑ "Macquarie Fields". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ↑ State Electoral District of Macquarie Fields: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  3. ↑ State Electoral District of Macquarie Fields: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

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