Electoral district of Lake Macquarie explained

Lake Macquarie
State:	nsw
Lifespan:	1950–present
Mp:	Greg Piper
Mp-Party:	Independent
Namesake:	Lake Macquarie
Electors:	57686
Electors Year:	2019
Area:	531.46
Class:	Outer-metropolitan
Near-N:	Cessnock
Near-Ne:	Wallsend
Near-E:	Charlestown Swansea
Near-Se:	Swansea
Near-S:	Wyong
Near-Sw:	Wyong

Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle, Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.

Geography

Lake Macquarie is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle and includes suburbs as far north as Killingworth, Boolaroo and Cardiff and as far east as Cardiff South.^[1] Suburbs further north are in Cessnock and Wallsend and suburbs further east are in Charlestown and Swansea.

Members for Lake Macquarie

Member		Party	Term
		Jim Simpson^[2]		1950–1968
		Merv Hunter^[3]		1969–1991
		Jeff Hunter^[4]		1991–2007
		Greg Piper^[5]		2007–present

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Lake Macquarie.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lake Macquarie . 28 March 2015 . 23 November 2019 . New South Wales Electoral Commission.
2. Mr James Brunton Simpson (1905-1968) . Yes . 30 April 2019 . 1658.
3. Mr (Merv) Mervyn Leslie Hunter (1926-2013) . 1856 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
4. Mr (Jeff) Jeffery Hunter (1959-) . 2104 . Yes . 2 September 2019.
5. 41 . Mr (Greg) Gregory Michael Piper, MP . 3 April 2019.