Electoral district of Hawkesbury

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.

Hawkesbury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1920 1927–present
MP	Robyn Preston
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Hawkesbury River
Electors	61,167 (2023)
Area	3,171.18 km2 (1,224.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Hawkesbury: Bathurst Upper Hunter Cessnock Bathurst Hawkesbury Hornsby Blue Mountains Londonderry Castle Hill

It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.

History

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.

Hawkesbury has been safely conservative for most of its existence. Labor held it for three terms after its 1941 victory. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1950 state election made it notionally Liberal, and it has remained in Liberal hands since.

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

First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Darvall	None	1859–1860		William Piddington	None	1859–1877
	James Cunneen	None	1860–1869
	Henry Moses	None	1869–1880
					Alexander Bowman	None	1877–1880

(1880–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Bowman	None	1880–1882
	Henry McQuade	None	1882–1885
	Alexander Bowman	None	1885–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1892
	Sydney Burdekin	Free Trade	1892–1894
	William Morgan	Ind. Free Trade	1894–1895
		Free Trade	1895–1901
	Brinsley Hall	Progressive	1901–1907
		Liberal Reform	1907–1917
	Bruce Walker Sr	Independent	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bruce Walker Sr	Nationalist	1927–1932
	Bruce Walker Jr	United Australia	1932–1941
	Frank Finnan	Labor	1941–1950
	Bernie Deane	Liberal	1950–1972
	Kevin Rozzoli	Liberal	1973–2003
	Steven Pringle	Liberal	2003–2006
		Independent	2006–2007
	Ray Williams	Liberal	2007–2015
	Dominic Perrottet	Liberal	2015–2019
	Robyn Preston	Liberal	2019–present

Election results

For a more comprehensive list, see Electoral results for the district of Hawkesbury.

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hawkesbury.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robyn Preston	23,283	43.8	−6.8
	Labor	Amanda Kotlash	13,532	25.4	+5.7
	One Nation	Susane Popovski	5,476	10.3	+10.3
	Greens	Danielle Wheeler	3,977	7.5	+1.2
	Independent	Angela Maguire	2,275	4.3	+4.3
	Small Business	Eddie Dogramaci	2,025	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Tony Pettitt	1,486	2.8	+2.8
	Sustainable Australia	Elissa Carrey	1,125	2.1	−0.4
Total formal votes			53,179	95.7	−0.4
Informal votes			2,368	4.3	+0.4
Turnout			55,547	90.8	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robyn Preston	26,004	59.8	−6.7
	Labor	Amanda Kotlash	17,460	40.2	+6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.7