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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

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

in the Australia

Australia

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n state of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. Located in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

's north-east, it is 175.32 km² in size, and comprises the local government area of Pittwater Council

Pittwater Council

Pittwater Council is a Local Government Area on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs which comprise the Pittwater LGA were detached from the Warringah local government area in 1993...

and parts of Warringah Council

Warringah Council

Warringah is a local council area in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, Australia. Warringah Council overlaps with a number of suburbs from the Manly Council area to the south and the Pittwater Council area to the north...

. There are approximately 43,000 registered voters.

It is named after Pittwater

Pittwater

Pittwater is a body of water extending south from Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia parallel to the coast.The waterway was surveyed by crew members of HMS Sirius in 1788, and named Pitt Water after British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger...

, a body of water the district roughly surrounds.

It includes the suburbs or localities of Avalon

Avalon, New South Wales

Avalon is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Avalon is located 35 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region....

, Bayview

Bayview, New South Wales

Bayview is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bayview is located 31 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region....

, Bilgola

Bilgola, New South Wales

Bilgola is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bilgola is located 33 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region...

, Church Point

Church Point, New South Wales

Church Point is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Church Point is located 32 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.-History:Thomas Langford was the...

, Cottage Point

Cottage Point, New South Wales

Cottage Point is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cottage Point is located 38 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the North Shore region.Cottage Point is located in the...

, Duffys Forest

Duffys Forest, New South Wales

Duffys Forest is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Duffys Forest is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Warringah Council...

, Elanora Heights

Elanora Heights, New South Wales

Elanora Heights is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Elanora Heights is located 27 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council...

, Ingleside

Ingleside, New South Wales

Ingleside is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ingleside is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Pittwater Council and Warringah Council. Ingleside is part of the Northern Beaches region, about...

, Ku-ring-gai Chase

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, Warringah and Pittwater municipal areas. Ku-ring-gai Chase is also officially classed as a suburb by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales...

, Mona Vale

Mona Vale, New South Wales

Mona Vale is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Pittwater Council. Mona Vale is also part of the Northern Beaches region.-...

, Narrabeen

Narrabeen, New South Wales

Narrabeen is a beachside suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Narrabeen is located 23 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.-History:There are a...

, Newport

Newport, New South Wales

Newport is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Newport is located 31 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, and is part of the Northern Beaches region....

, North Narrabeen

North Narrabeen, New South Wales

North Narrabeen is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Narrabeen is located 25 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council...

, Palm Beach

Palm Beach, New South Wales

Palm Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Palm Beach is located 41 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Palm Beach sits on a peninsula at...

, Scotland Island

Scotland Island, New South Wales

Scotland Island is an island in the north of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Church Point, Scotland Island's major mainland service locality, is located 32 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council.- Geography and...

, Terrey Hills

Terrey Hills, New South Wales

Terrey Hills is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Terrey Hills is located 25 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.Terrey Hills is also considered...

, and Warriewood

Warriewood, New South Wales

Warriewood is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Warriewood is located 26 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council. Warriewood is part of the Northern Beaches region.-History:Warriewood takes...

.

The current Member of Parliament for Pittwater is Rob Stokes

Rob Stokes

Robert "Rob" Gordon Stokes BA, LLM MP , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Pittwater for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2007. He is currently the NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy.-Early life and background:Stokes grew...

of the Liberal Party of Australia

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...

. He was elected at the 2007 state election and re-elected in 2011.

History

The electoral district of Pittwater was created in 1973, and quickly developed a reputation as a safe Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

seat. The first member elected to the seat was Sir Robert William Askin

Robert Askin

Sir Robert William Askin GCMG, was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party of Australia. He was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971...

, then Premier of New South Wales.

The seat was famously held by New South Wales Opposition Leader John Brogden until his dramatic resignation in 2005. The Liberal stranglehold on the seat was lost in the resulting by-election when the Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

of Pittwater Council, Alex McTaggart

Alex McTaggart

Alex McTaggart MP, a former Australian politician, was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Pittwater between 2005 and 2007...

, standing as an Independent candidate, defeated the Liberal Paul Nicolau in a landslide.

Current member

Alex McTaggart lost the seat in the 2007 general election, with new Liberal candidate Rob Stokes

Rob Stokes

comfortably regaining the seat for his party. Stokes won on the primary vote alone, gaining just over 50%. After preferences, his share was 61% to McTaggart's 39%. Stokes won every booth in the district with the exception of Scotland Island, whose few hundred offshore voters traditionally buck the trend.

Members for Pittwater

	Party	Period
Robert Askin Robert Askin Sir Robert William Askin GCMG, was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party of Australia. He was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971...	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...	1973—1975
Bruce Webster Bruce Webster (Australian politician) Bruce Laurence Webster was an Australian politician, from the Liberal Party of Australia. He was the member for Pittwater, in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 8 February 1975 until 21 July 1978.-References:...	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...	1975—1978
Max Smith Max Smith Richard Max Smith is a former Australian politician. He represented Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1986, first as a member of the Liberal Party and then as an independent....	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...	1978—1984
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1984—1986
Jim Longley Jim Longley James Alan Longley , better known as Jim Longley, is an Australian accountant and former politician. He served as the Member for Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1986 until 1996, and was New South Wales Minister for Community Services, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and...	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...	1986—1996
John Brogden	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...	1996—2005
Alex McTaggart Alex McTaggart Alex McTaggart MP, a former Australian politician, was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Pittwater between 2005 and 2007...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2005—2007
Rob Stokes Rob Stokes Robert "Rob" Gordon Stokes BA, LLM MP , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Pittwater for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2007. He is currently the NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy.-Early life and background:Stokes grew...	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...	2007—present

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