Wyong New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1962–1973 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | David Harris | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Wyong | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 57,477 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 640.55 km2 (247.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Wyong is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. The district is a 640.55 km² urban and semi-rural electorate on the Central Coast. It covers part of Central Coast Council, including the towns of Wyong and Toukley.
Wyong was originally established in 1962. In 1973, it was replaced by Munmorah and a redistricted Gosford. In 1988, a recreated Wyong and The Entrance replaced Tuggerah.
In 2011 local businessman Darren Webber won the seat, becoming the first Liberal MP for Wyong, gaining a 9.5% swing. Former MP David Harris regained the seat for Labor in 2015.
First incarnation (1962–1973) | |||
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Member | Party | Period | |
Ray Maher [1] | Labor | 1962–1965 | |
Harry Jensen [2] | Labor | 1965–1973 | |
Second incarnation (1988–present) | |||
Harry Moore [3] | Labor | 1988–1991 | |
Paul Crittenden [4] | Labor | 1991–2007 | |
David Harris [5] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Darren Webber [6] | Liberal | 2011–2014 | |
Independent | 2014–2015 | ||
David Harris [5] | Labor | 2015–present |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wyong |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Harris | 24,575 | 52.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Matt Squires (disendorsed) | 9,929 | 21.1 | −10.4 | |
One Nation | Martin Stevenson | 6,850 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Greens | Doug Williamson | 3,795 | 8.1 | −1.3 | |
Sustainable Australia | Susan Newbury | 1,897 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 47,046 | 96.0 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,968 | 4.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,014 | 86.3 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Harris | 27,899 | 69.8 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Matt Squires (disendorsed) | 12,048 | 30.2 | −6.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.9 |