Electoral district of Riverstone
Riverstone New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Warren Kirby | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Riverstone | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 63,427 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 73.42 km2 (28.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Riverstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Warren Kirby of the Australian Labor Party since the 2023 New South Wales state election.
Riverstone is widely described as a key marginal seat for both major parties.[1][2]
History
Much of the electorate is situated in the growing north-west sector, which has been poorly served in transport, health and police resources. Although ancestrally a Labor seat, changing demographics in the eastern portion of the seat (Glenwood, Parklea, Acacia Gardens, Stanhope Gardens, Kellyville Ridge, The Ponds, Rouse Hill) suggested a long-term Liberal trend in voting patterns.[3] Proving this, Liberal Kevin Conolly won the seat in 2011 on a swing of 30.2 percent—almost unheard of in Australian politics—turning the seat from safe Labor to very safe Liberal in one stroke. In 2023, the current member Warren Kirby won the seat back for Labor with a swing of over 12%.[4]
Geography
On its current boundaries, Riverstone takes in the suburbs of Acacia Gardens, Angus, Grantham Farm, Kellyville Ridge, Nirimba Fields, Parklea, Richards, Riverstone, Schofields, Stanhope Gardens, Tallawong, The Ponds and parts of Glenwood, Marsden Park, Quakers Hill, Rouse Hill and Vineyard.[5]
Members for Riverstone
Member | Party | Term | |
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Tony Johnson [6] | Labor | 1981–1983 | |
Richard Amery [7] | Labor | 1983–1991 | |
John Aquilina [8] | Labor | 1991–2011 | |
Kevin Conolly [9] | Liberal | 2011–2023 | |
Warren Kirby | Labor | 2023–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Warren Kirby | 24,580 | 44.2 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Mohit Kumar | 22,167 | 39.9 | −14.1 | |
Greens | Rob Vail | 3,969 | 7.1 | +1.2 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Anthony Belcastro | 1,816 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Tabitha Ponnambalam | 1,761 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Sustainable Australia | Tim Horan | 1,282 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 55,575 | 96.9 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,793 | 3.1 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 57,368 | 90.4 | +5.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Warren Kirby | 27,662 | 53.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Mohit Kumar | 23,848 | 46.3 | −9.9 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.9 |
References
- ^ https://www.afr.com/politics/the-sydney-seat-that-could-secure-a-labor-election-victory-20230307-p5cpzd
- ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nsw/2023/guide/rive
- ^ "Riverstone - NSW Votes 2011". ABC News.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Riverstone (Key Seat) - NSW Election 2023". ABC.
- ^ "Riverstone". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr Anthony Valentine Patrick Johnson". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Richard Sanderson Amery". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. John Joseph Aquilina (1950- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Kevin Francis Conolly, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ LA First Preference: Riverstone, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Riverstone, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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