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Electoral District Of Wallsend
Wallsend is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has only ever been represented by a member of the Labor Party and is currently represented by Sonia Hornery. Wallsend is a Newcastle suburban electorate, deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, covering 116.83 km². It encompasses part or whole of the suburbs of Beresfield, Birmingham Gardens, Black Hill, Callaghan, Cardiff, Cardiff Heights, Elermore Vale, Fletcher, Glendale, Hexham, Jesmond, Lambton, Lenaghan, Maryland, Minmi, New Lambton, New Lambton Heights, Newcastle University, North Lambton, Rankin Park, Shortland, Tarro, Wallsend, Waratah and Waratah West. There were 56,506 people enrolled within the electorate as of January 2015. History Wallsend was initially settled as a coal mining area and has developed into one of the poorer dormitory areas for the industrial hub of Newcastle. Throughout its history Wallsend has been a safe Labor seat. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Hornery
Sonia Kathleen Hornery (born 4 December 1961) is an Australian politician representing the seat of Electoral district of Wallsend, Wallsend in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party. She has been in Parliament since 24 March 2007 and was elected as Deputy Speaker in May 2023. Early life Hornery grew up in Windale, New South Wales, Windale and Edgeworth, New South Wales, Edgeworth living in Housing NSW, Housing Commission housing, before moving to rented accommodation in Wallsend, New South Wales, Wallsend and West Wallsend, New South Wales, West Wallsend. She attended University of Newcastle, Australia, Newcastle University and studied teaching. She later returned and obtained a Bachelor of Arts, with Honours, in history. Her first teaching appointment was to Walgett, New South Wales, Walgett High School. She then taught at Kempsey, New South Wales, Kempsey High School and other schools around the Hunter Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |