| Hawkesbury | |
| State: | nsw |
| Lifespan: | 1859–1920 1927–present |
| Mp: | Robyn Preston |
| Namesake: | Hawkesbury River |
| Electors: | 55753 |
| Electors Year: | 2019 |
| Area: | 3171.18 |
| Class: | Outer-metropolitan |
| Near-N: | Upper Hunter |
| Near-Ne: | Cessnock |
| Near-Nw: | Bathurst |
| Near-E: | Hornsby |
| Near-S: | Londonderry |
| Near-Se: | Castle Hill |
| Near-Sw: | Blue Mountains |
| Near-W: | Bathurst |
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.[1]
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.[2] [3]
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%.
| 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 | |||
| 1887–1892 | |||||
| Sydney Burdekin | 1892–1894 | ||||
| William Morgan | 1894–1895 | ||||
| 1895–1901 | |||||
| Brinsley Hall | 1901–1907 | ||||
| 1907–1917 | |||||
| Bruce Walker Sr | 1917–1920 | ||||
| Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member) | |||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||
| Bruce Walker Sr | 1927–1932 | ||||
| Bruce Walker Jr | 1932–1941 | ||||
| Frank Finnan | 1941–1950 | ||||
| Bernie Deane | 1950–1972 | ||||
| Kevin Rozzoli | 1973–2003 | ||||
| Steven Pringle | 2003–2006 | ||||
| 2006–2007 | |||||
| Ray Williams | 2007–2015 | ||||
| Dominic Perrottet | 2015–2019 | ||||
| Robyn Preston | 2019–present | ||||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Hawkesbury.