Hawkesbury is an
electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
New South Wales
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. It is represented by
Robyn Preston
Robyn Anne Preston is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2019, representing Hawkesbury for the Liberal Party. Her Electorate Office is situated within the grounds of Western Sydney Un ...
of the
Liberal Party.
It includes all of the
City of Hawkesbury
The City of Hawkesbury is a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, part of which is at the fringe of the Sydney metropolitan area, about north-west of the Sydney central business district. Hawkesbury City is named after the H ...
and the far north of both
the Hills Shire and
Hornsby Shire, including the suburbs and towns of
Berambing,
Berowra Creek,
Bilpin
Bilpin is a small town on the historic Bells Line of Road in the City of Hawkesbury local government area in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, New South Wales.
Bilpin is known as "Land of the Mountain Apple". Fruit orchards and gardens thriv ...
,
Blaxlands Ridge,
Bligh Park
Bligh Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia located near Windsor and Richmond. Bligh Park is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Hawkes ...
,
Bowen Mountain
Bowen Mountain is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Hawkesbury. It is in the foothills of the Blue Mountains.
The nearest commercial centre is Kurrajong, which lies approximately 5 km to the north-east.
It is n ...
,
Canoelands,
Cattai,
Central Colo,
Central Macdonald,
Clarendon,
Colo,
Colo Heights
Colo Heights is a village of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia
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,
Cornwallis,
Cumberland Reach,
East Kurrajong,
Ebenezer, Fernances,
Forest Glen,
Freemans Reach,
Glenorie
Glenorie is a rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 44 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire. Glenorie is part of the ...
,
Glossodia
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,
Grose Vale
Grose Vale is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the City of Hawkesbury. It was previously known as South Kurrajong. Many historic properties are located in Grose Vale including "Lemon Forest" orig ...
,
Grose Wold,
Higher Macdonald,
Hobartville,
Kenthurst,
Kurmond,
Kurrajong,
Kurrajong Heights
Kurrajong Heights is a small town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kurrajong Heights is north-west of Sydney, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It is stretched across the Bells L ...
,
Kurrajong Hills,
Laughtondale,
Leets Vale, Lower Hawkesbury,
Lower Macdonald,
Lower Portland,
Maraylya,
Maroota,
Mcgraths Hill,
Mellong,
Middle Dural,
Mogo Creek
The Mogo Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course
The Mogo Creek (officially designated as a river) rises below Mount Finch on the southern slope ...
,
Mountain Lagoon,
Mulgrave,
North Richmond,
Oakville,
Perrys Crossing,
Pitt Town,
Pitt Town Bottoms,
Richmond,
Richmond Lowlands,
Round Corner,
Sackville,
Sackville North,
Scheyville,
Singletons Mill,
South Maroota,
South Windsor,
St Albans
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, Ten Mile Hollow,
Tennyson,
The Slopes,
Upper Colo
Upper Colo is a locality of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the City of Hawkesbury west of Colo and south of Colo Heights, on the Colo River, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River. It was previously known a ...
,
Upper Macdonald,
Vineyard
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,
Warawaralong,
Webbs Creek
The Webbs Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Outer Metropolitan Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course
The Webbs Creek (officially designated as a river) rises below the Womerah Range, ...
,
Wheeny Creek,
Wilberforce,
Windsor,
Windsor Downs,
Wisemans Ferry,
Wrights Creek,
Yarramundi and parts of
Agnes Banks,
Dural and
Putty.
History
Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of
Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the
Hawkesbury River
The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its associated main tributary, the Nepean River, almost encircle the metropolitan region of Sydney ...
. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
and absorbed into
Cumberland. It was recreated in 1927.
Hawkesbury is a conservative seat, having been won by the main centre-right party at every election since
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...
. At the Liberal Party landslide victory in
2011, Liberal candidate
Ray Williams achieved 84.7% of the
two-party preferred vote, with a primary vote share of 75.4%.
Members for Hawkesbury
Election results
References
{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Hawkesbury