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State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Australian electorate
Hawkesbury
is an
electoral district
of the
Legislative Assembly
in the Australian state of
New South Wales
. It is represented by
Robyn Preston
of the
Liberal Party
.
It includes all of the
City of Hawkesbury
and the far north of both
The Hills Shire
and
Hornsby Shire
.
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History
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Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of
Cumberland (North Riding)
and named after the
Hawkesbury River
. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of
proportional representation
and absorbed into
Cumberland
. It was recreated in 1927.
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Hawkesbury is a conservative seat, having been won by the main centre-right party at every election since
1947
. 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
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Election results
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References
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