Electoral district of Upper Hunter
state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Upper Hunter is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1856, abolished in 1856, recreated in 1904, reabolished in 1920 and recreated again in 1927.
Upper Hunter New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1856–1894 1904–1920 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Dave Layzell | ||||||||||||||
Party | National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Upper Hunter Shire | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,127 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 27,687.50 km2 (10,690.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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It is a conservative electorate and has only ever been held by conservative parties as an electorate with one member. It is currently held by Dave Layzell of the National Party.
Election results
2023 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter[1][2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National | Dave Layzell | 19,868 | 37.0 | +5.80 | |
Labor | Peree Watson | 15,488 | 28.9 | +7.71 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | James White | 6,302 | 11.7 | −0.26 | |
Independent | Dale McNamara | 5,190 | 9.7 | –2.62 | |
Greens | Tony Lonergan | 3,207 | 6.0 | +2.53 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Tom Lillicrap | 2,743 | 5.1 | +5.10 | |
Sustainable Australia | Calum Blair | 862 | 1.6 | +0.81 | |
Total formal votes | 53,660 | 96.6 | –0.87 | ||
Informal votes | 1,871 | 3.4 | +0.87 | ||
Turnout | 55,531 | 89.2 | +2.46 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Dave Layzell | 22,964 | 53.8 | –2.02 | |
Labor | Peree Watson | 19,732 | 46.2 | +2.02 | |
National hold | Swing | -2.02 |
The swings above have been calculated from the 2021 Upper Hunter state by-election.
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