Electoral district of Charlestown

Charlestown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Jodie Harrison of the Labor Party since the Charlestown by-election on 25 October 2014.^[1]

Charlestown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1971–present
MP	Jodie Harrison
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Charlestown, New South Wales
Electors	60,974 (2023)
Area	66.18 km2 (25.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Electorates around Charlestown: Wallsend Wallsend Newcastle Lake Macquarie Charlestown Pacific Ocean Lake Macquarie Swansea Pacific Ocean

Geography

It is located within Greater Newcastle and includes part of the City of Lake Macquarie (including Charlestown, Kahibah, Whitebridge, Dudley, Gateshead, Mount Hutton, Windale, Kotara South, Cardiff, Hillsborough, Warners Bay, Eleebana and Tingira Heights) and a small part of the City of Newcastle (including Adamstown and Kotara).^[2]

History

The seat was created in 1971, replacing parts of the abolished districts of Hamilton and Kahibah. It was held continuously by Labor until the 2011 election, when it was won by Andrew Cornwell of the Liberal Party. Cornwell became an independent and moved to the crossbench on 6 August 2014 after accusations at ICAC.^[3] He resigned from parliament on 12 August 2014 after evidence of corruption was uncovered.^[4] Jodie Harrison won the subsequent by-election.^[1]

Members for Charlestown

Member		Party	Period
	Jack Stewart [5]	Labor	1971–1972
	Richard Face [6]	Labor	1972–2003
	Matthew Morris [7]	Labor	2003–2011
	Andrew Cornwell [8]	Liberal	2011–2014
		Independent	2014–2014
	Jodie Harrison [9]	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Charlestown

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Charlestown^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jodie Harrison	30,432	57.4	+7.7
	Liberal	Jack Antcliff	13,178	24.9	−6.7
	Greens	Greg Watkinson	6,778	12.8	+1.6
	Sustainable Australia	Marie Rolfe	2,593	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			52,981	97.0	+0.6
Informal votes			1,632	3.0	−0.6
Turnout			54,613	89.6	−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jodie Harrison	35,300	71.1	+8.0
	Liberal	Jack Antcliff	14,358	28.9	−8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.0