Oatley New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1927–1930 2007–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Mark Coure | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Oatley | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 53,780 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 28.46 km2 (11.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Oatley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's St George district. It is currently held by Mark Coure of the Liberal Party.
On its current boundaries, Oatley takes in the suburbs of Connells Point, Hurstville Grove, Kyle Bay, Lugarno, Mortdale, Oatley, Peakhurst, Peakhurst Heights and parts of Beverly Hills, Blakehurst, Hurstville, Narwee, Penshurst, Riverwood and South Hurstville.[1]
Oatley was first created in 1927, with the breakup of the multi-member St George. In 1930, it was abolished and largely replaced by Kogarah. It was recreated for the 2007 election largely replacing the abolished district of Georges River.
First incarnation (1927—1930) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Mark Gosling [2] | Labor | 1927–1930 | |
Second incarnation (2007—present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Kevin Greene [3] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Mark Coure [4] | Liberal | 2011–present |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Oatley |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Mark Coure | 22,877 | 45.6 | −5.3 | |
Labor | Ash Ambihaipahar | 19,851 | 39.5 | +3.8 | |
Greens | Taylor Vandijk | 3,101 | 6.2 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Natalie Mort | 2,677 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Sustainable Australia | Glenn Hunt | 1,690 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 50,196 | 96.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,625 | 3.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 51,821 | 90.4 | −2.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Mark Coure | 23,959 | 50.8 | −6.0 | |
Labor | Ash Ambihaipahar | 23,205 | 49.2 | +6.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.0 |