Electoral district of Bathurst

Bathurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gerard Martin of the Australian Labor Party.

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 48,849 electors on 29 April 2007. [cite web
title=Redistribution Commissioners' Report
date= 21 December 2004
publisher = Election Funding Authority of New South Wales
url = http://efa.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2105/pagesivtovii300.pdf
accessdate = 2006-12-05 ] At the 2007 election it encompassed Bathurst Regional Council (including Bathurst), the City of Lithgow, Oberon Council, most of Blayney Shire (including Blayney, Carcoar and Millthorpe) and the southern part of Mid-Western Regional Council (including Rylstone, Kandos and Ilford). [cite web
title=Bathurst Electoral District
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/bathurst
accessdate = 2006-11-28 ]

History

Bathurst was created in 1859, partly replacing Western Boroughs. Between 1920 to 1927, it absorbed parts of Hartley and Orange and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recreated as single-member electorates.

Members for Bathurst

Election results

Election box begin
title=New South Wales state election, 2007: BathurstElection box candidate AU party
candidate = Gerard Martin
party = Labor
votes = 23,443
percentage = 53.4
change = -0.8

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Susan Williams
party = Nationals
votes = 13,496
percentage = 30.8
change = -0.6

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Ray Thompson
party = Independent
votes = 4,816
percentage = 11.0
change = +11.0

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Sebria Lawrence
party = Greens
votes =2,124
percentage = 4.8
change = -1.4

Election box formal
votes = 44,751
percentage = 98.0
change =

Election box informal
votes = 872
percentage = 2.0
change =

Election box turnout
votes = 445,623
percentage =
change =

Election box candidate AU party
party = Labor
candidate = Gerard Martin
votes = 25,419
percentage = 63.0
change = -0.2

Election box candidate AU party
party = Nationals
candidate = Susan Williams
votes = 14,897
percentage = 37.0
change = +0.2

Election box hold AU party
winner = Labor
swing = -0.2

References

External links

*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Bathurst Results 2007
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.bathurst.aspx
accessdate = 2007-05-05
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Bathurst Results 2003
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/bathurst/results/2003
accessdate = 2007-01-23
*cite web
title=State Electoral District - Bathurst Results 1999
publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission
url = http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/bathurst/results/1999
accessdate = 2007-01-23