Charlestown is an electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...

 of the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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. It is represented by Andrew Cornwell

Andrew Cornwell

Andrew Stuart Cornwell MP, is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Charlestown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2011 New South Wales State election.-Early years and background:...

 of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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.

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,196 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it will include part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Charlestown

Charlestown, New South Wales

Charlestown is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and the largest town within the City of Lake Macquarie. It is located approximately west-southwest of the central business district of Newcastle....

, Kahibah

Kahibah, New South Wales

Kahibah is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district.Kahibah is the closest suburb to Glenrock Lagoon, and is drained by Flaggy and Little Flaggy creeks which flows into Glenrock Lagoon 2 km to the east...

, Whitebridge

Whitebridge, New South Wales

Whitebridge is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.- History :...

, Dudley

Dudley, New South Wales

Dudley is a southern coastal suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.- History :...

, Gateshead

Gateshead, New South Wales

Gateshead is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area. The suburb is also home to a number of primary and high schools and a...

, Mount Hutton

Mount Hutton, New South Wales

Mount Hutton is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie...

, Windale

Windale, New South Wales

Windale is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie...

, Kotara South

Kotara South, New South Wales

Kotara South is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area. The public school in Kotara South opened in 1960.-External links:*...

, Cardiff

Cardiff, New South Wales

Cardiff is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area....

, Hillsborough

Hillsborough, New South Wales

Hillsborough is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.- History :...

, Warners Bay

Warners Bay, New South Wales

Warners Bay is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It was named after Jonathan Warner, who settled the area....

, Eleebana

Eleebana, New South Wales

Eleebana is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district along the eastern shoreline of Lake Macquarie.- History :...

 and Tingira Heights

Tingira Heights, New South Wales

Tingira Heights is a suburb of City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It was developed in the 1960s.-External links:*...

) and a small part of the City of Newcastle

City of Newcastle

Newcastle City Council is a Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.-Demographics:According to the Australian Bureau Statistics the City of Newcastle had an estimated resident population of 154,777 as of 30 June 2008...

 (including Adamstown

Adamstown, New South Wales

Adamstown is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area....

 and Kotara

Kotara, New South Wales

Kotara is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area....

).

Members for Charlestown

Member		Party	Period
	Jack Stewart Jack Stewart (politician) John Julius Thomas Stewart was an Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Kahibah and the Charlestown for the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1971 New South Wales state election, 1971 Elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 13 February 1971. The Liberal-Country Party coalition government led by Sir Robert Askin won a third term in office. The Labor Party opposition was led by Pat Hills.The... —1972
	Richard Face	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1972—2003 New South Wales state election, 2003 Elections to the 53rd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 22 March 2003. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...
	Matthew Morris	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2003 New South Wales state election, 2003 Elections to the 53rd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 22 March 2003. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election... —2011 New South Wales state election, 2011 Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...
	Andrew Cornwell Andrew Cornwell Andrew Stuart Cornwell MP, is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Charlestown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2011 New South Wales State election.-Early years and background:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	2011 New South Wales state election, 2011 Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has... —present

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