Electoral district of Epping

Epping is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Dominic Perrottet of the Liberal Party.

Epping
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1999–present
MPDominic Perrottet
PartyLiberal
NamesakeEpping
Electors54,489 (2019)
Area31.68 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Epping:
Castle Hill Hornsby Wahroonga
Winston Hills Epping Ryde
Parramatta Parramatta Ryde

It includes the suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, North Epping and parts of Epping, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Dural, Eastwood, Pennant Hills and West Pennant Hills.[1]

The seat was created in 1999, largely replacing Eastwood.[2] Like its predecessor, it is a comfortably safe Liberal seat until 2023 when Perrottet suffered a huge swing against him making it a marginal seat.

Members for Epping

Member Party Period Notes
  Andrew Tink[3] Liberal 1999–2007
  Greg Smith[4] Liberal 2007–2015
  Damien Tudehope[5] Liberal 2015–2019
  Dominic Perrottet[6] Liberal 2019–present Premier of New South Wales from 5th October 2021 until 28th March 2023

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Epping[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominic Perrottet 22,734 48.8 −5.5
Labor Alan Mascarenhas 15,959 34.3 +5.8
Greens Phil Bradley 4,875 10.5 +0.6
Independent Victor Waterson 1,156 2.5 +2.5
Animal Justice Carmen Terceiro 935 2.0 +2.0
Sustainable Australia Bradley Molloy 901 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 46,560 97.4 +0.1
Informal votes 1,238 2.6 −0.1
Turnout 47,798 81.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dominic Perrottet 22,752 54.8 −6.4
Labor Alan Mascarenhas 18,730 45.2 +6.4
Liberal hold Swing−6.4
Results are not final. Last updated at 14:40 on 3 April 2023.

References

  1. "Epping". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. Epping. New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News (Australia).
  3. "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. "The Hon. Gregory Eugene Smith". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Damien Francis Tudehope MP". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. LA First Preference: Epping, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Epping, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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