Electoral district of Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1988–present
MP	Leslie Williams
Party	The Nationals
Area	1,459.69 km² (563.6 sq mi)

Port Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Leslie Williams of The Nationals.

It presently includes parts of coastal Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (including Port Macquarie, Dunbogan, Kendall, Kew, Laurieton, North Haven and West Haven) and the northeast of the City of Greater Taree (including Coopernook, Lansdowne, Moorland, Hannam Vale, Johns River and Stewarts River). The district also includes Lord Howe Island.^[1]

History

Port Macquarie was created in 1988, replacing Oxley (which was recreated in 1991).

Members for Port Macquarie

	Party	Term
Bruce Jeffery	National	1988–1991
Wendy Machin	National	1991–1996
Rob Oakeshott	National	1996–2002
Rob Oakeshott	Independent	2002–2008
Peter Besseling	Independent	2008–2011
Leslie Williams	National	2011–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Port Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 2015: Port Macquarie^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Leslie Williams	30,567	62.1	+9.7
	Labor	Kristy Quill	11,866	24.1	+18.4
	Greens	Drusi Megget	4,384	8.9	+5.2
	Christian Democrats	Ashley Prinable	1,572	3.2	+1.1
	No Land Tax	Paul Grasso	845	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			49,234	97.2	−0.9
Informal votes			1,426	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			50,660	91.5	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Leslie Williams	31,699	69.0	−9.8
	Labor	Kristy Quill	14,272	31.1	+9.8
	National hold		Swing	−9.8

References

↑ "Port Macquarie". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
↑ State Electoral District of Port Macquarie: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Port Macquarie: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

Electoral districts of New South Wales

Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions	Cowper Lyne

State electorates	Coffs Harbour Myall Lakes Oxley Port Macquarie

Local government areas	Bellingen Coffs Harbour Kempsey Nambucca Port Macquarie-Hastings Greater Taree

Cities	Coffs Harbour

Towns / suburbs	Arakoon Batar Bellingen Birdwood Boambee Bonny Hills Bonville Bostobrick Bowraville Camden Haven Collombatti Comboyne Coopernook Coramba Corindi Beach Crescent Head Cundletown Dorrigo Ellenborough Frederickton Hannam Vale Harrington Hat Head Herons Creek Jerseyville Karangi Kempsey Kendall Kew Kinchela Kindee Kolodong Krambach Kundabung Lake Cathie Lansdowne Laurieton Long Flat Lowanna Macksville Manning Point Mylestom Nambucca Heads Nana Glen Newee Creek New Entrance North Haven Oceanside Old Bar Park Beach Port Macquarie Raleigh Repton Sawtell Scotts Head Smithtown South West Rocks Taree Taylors Arm Telegraph Point Thora Toms Creek Tinonee Toormina Ulong Urunga Valla Warrell Creek Wingham Woolgoolga Wauchope

Rivers	Apsley Barnard Barrington Bellinger Bowman Camden Haven Cells Christmas Coolongolook Cooplacurripa Crawford Dawson Doyles Ellenborough Forbes Georges Hastings Kalang Kunderang Lansdowne Macleay Manning Maria Mummel Myall Lakes Myall Nambucca Never Never Nowendoc Pappinbarra Pipers Ralfes Rosewood Rowleys Smiths Lake Stewarts Taylors Throne Tobins Walcrow Wallamba Wallingat Wallis Lake Wang Wauk Williams Wilson

Ranges and mountains	Banda Banda Three Brothers

National parks / Nature reserves / Important Bird Areas	Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve Dooragan NP Ellenborough Falls Hastings-Macleay IBA Hat Head NP Kattang Nature Reserve Maria NP Middle Brother NP Sea Acres NP

Major tourist attractions	Big Banana Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Willi Willi Caves

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