Canterbury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1859–1920, 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Sophie Cotsis | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Canterbury, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 57,164 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Canterbury is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1859, abolished in 1920 and recreated in 1927.
Canterbury is in Southern Sydney.
2023 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[1][2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Sophie Cotsis | 28,892 | 59.8 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | Nemr Boumansour | 8,341 | 17.3 | −12.5 | |
Greens | Bradley Schott | 4,354 | 9.0 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Hadchiti | 3,941 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Sustainable Australia | Joe Sinacori | 1,379 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Animal Justice | Kacey King | 1,376 | 2.8 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 48,283 | 95.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,386 | 4.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,669 | 86.5 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Sophie Cotsis | 32,829 | 75.8 | +10.5 | |
Liberal | Nemr Boumansour | 10,494 | 24.2 | −10.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +10.5 |