Port Macquarie 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 | 1988–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Leslie Williams | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Port Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 59,974 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1,459.69 km2 (563.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Port Macquarie is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1988.
It is a conservative electorate and has only ever elected Coalition MPs, with the exception of when it was briefly held by an independent. The current MP is Leslie Williams, a member of the Liberal Party.
2023 New South Wales state election: Port Macquarie[1][2][3][4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Leslie Williams | 21,044 | 39.5 | +39.5 | |
National | Peta Pinson | 13,675 | 25.6 | −37.9 | |
Labor | Keith McMullen | 10,265 | 19.2 | −4.1 | |
Greens | Stuart Watson | 3,473 | 6.5 | −1.4 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Vivian McMahon | 2,212 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Informed Medical Options | Silvia Mogorovich | 1,229 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Sustainable Australia | Edward Coleman | 809 | 1.5 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Read | 623 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 53,330 | 97.2 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,559 | 2.8 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,889 | 89.9 | +0.3 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Liberal | Leslie Williams | 28,044 | 66.7 | +66.7 | |
Labor | Keith McMullen | 14,003 | 33.3 | +3.4 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Leslie Williams | 25,372 | 60.8 | +60.8 | |
National | Peta Pinson | 16,379 | 39.2 | −30.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +60.8 |