| Mount Druitt | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1971–1981, 1991–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Edmond Atalla | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mount Druitt | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 62,334 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 38.95 km2 (15.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Druitt is anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales. It is represented byEdmond Atalla of theLabor Party.
It is a 38.95 km2 urban electorate in Sydney's outer west.
Mount Druitt was originally created in 1971 and abolished prior to the1981 election and replaced bySt Marys. It was re-established prior to the1991 election. It has always been represented by a member of theLabor Party.
On its current boundaries, Mount Druitt takes in the suburbs ofMount Druitt,Bidwill,Blackett,Dean Park,Dharruk,Glendenning,Hassall Grove,Hebersham,Minchinbury,Oakhurst,Plumpton,Rooty Hill,Whalan,Shalvey and parts ofColebee,Eastern Creek,Emerton andLethbridge Park.[1]
| First incarnation (1971—1981) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Jim Southee [2] | Labor | 1971–1973 | |
| Tony Johnson [3] | Labor | 1973–1981 | |
| Second incarnation (1991—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Richard Amery [4] | Labor | 1991–2015 | |
| Edmond Atalla [5] | Labor | 2015–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Edmond Atalla | 29,710 | 60.9 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal | Kandathil Sunil Jayadevan | 11,470 | 23.5 | −2.6 | |
| Greens | Asm Morshed | 4,173 | 8.6 | +1.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Andrew Dudas | 3,393 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 48,746 | 94.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,759 | 5.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 51,505 | 82.6 | −1.6 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Edmond Atalla | 32,606 | 72.4 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal | Kandathil Sunil Jayadevan | 12,435 | 27.6 | −3.8 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +3.8 | |||