| Port Stephens New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Kate Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Port Stephens | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 60,278 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,285.57 km2 (496.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°45′41.3″S151°44′38.6″E / 32.761472°S 151.744056°E /-32.761472; 151.744056 | ||||||||||||||
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Port Stephens is anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales. It is represented byKate Washington of theLabor Party.
Port Stephens includes most of thePort Stephens Council in theHunter region (excludingFern Bay andFullerton Cove), and parts of the southernMid-Coast Council in theMid North Coast region (includingHawks Nest andTea Gardens).[1]
Port Stephens was created in 1988, partly replacingGloucester.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Martin [2] | Labor | 1988–1999 | |
| John Bartlett [3] | Labor | 1999–2007 | |
| Craig Baumann [4] | Liberal | 2007–2014 | |
| Independent | 2014–2015 | ||
| Kate Washington [5] | Labor | 2015–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Kate Washington | 27,957 | 53.60 | +5.46 | |
| Liberal | Nathan Errington | 11,883 | 22.78 | −17.14 | |
| One Nation | Mark Watson | 6,720 | 12.88 | +12.88 | |
| Greens | Jordan Jensen | 2,511 | 4.81 | +1.01 | |
| Animal Justice | Michelle Buckmaster | 1,569 | 3.01 | +0.39 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Angela Ketas | 769 | 1.47 | +1.47 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Beverley Jelfs | 752 | 1.44 | −0.54 | |
| Total formal votes | 52,161 | 97.18 | +0.66 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,511 | 2.82 | −0.66 | ||
| Turnout | 53,672 | 89.04 | −2.03 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kate Washington | 30,777 | 69.02 | +13.27 | |
| Liberal | Nathan Errington | 13,812 | 30.98 | −13.27 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +13.27 | |||