Electoral district of Maitland

Maitland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Maitland New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1904–present
MP	Jenny Aitchison
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Maitland
Electors	60,409 (2023)
Area	391.74 km2 (151.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Maitland: Upper Hunter Upper Hunter Port Stephens Cessnock Maitland Port Stephens Cessnock Cessnock Wallsend

The district encompasses most of the City of Maitland.^[1]

History

Maitland was created in 1904, replacing East Maitland and West Maitland. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it absorbed parts of Upper Hunter, Singleton, Cessnock and Durham and elected three members. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Maitland was split into the single-member electorates of Maitland, Upper Hunter and Cessnock.

Members for Maitland

(1904–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Gillies [2]	Progressive	1904–1907
		Liberal Reform	1907–1910
		Independent Liberal	1910–1911
	Charles Edward Nicholson [3]	Liberal Reform	1911–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

(1920–1927. 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Walter Bennett [4]	Progressive	1920–1922		William Cameron [5]	Nationalist	1920–1927		Walter O'Hearn [6]	Labor	1920–1927
		Nationalist	1922–1927

(1927–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter O'Hearn [6]	Labor	1927–1932
	Walter Howarth [7]	United Australia	1932–1945
		Liberal	1945–1956
	Milton Morris [8]	Liberal	1956–1980
	Peter Toms [9]	Liberal	1981–1981
	Allan Walsh [10]	Labor	1981–1991
	Peter Blackmore [11]	Liberal	1991–1999
	John Price [12]	Labor	1999–2007
	Frank Terenzini  [13]	Labor	2007–2011
	Robyn Parker [14]	Liberal	2011–2015
	Jenny Aitchison [15]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Maitland

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Maitland^[16][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jenny Aitchison	26,792	51.9	+6.6
	Liberal	Michael Cooper	11,745	22.7	−2.6
	One Nation	Neil Turner	4,404	8.5	−2.7
	Greens	Campbell Knox	3,725	7.2	+1.1
	Legalise Cannabis	Daniel Dryden	2,906	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Alex Lee	1,200	2.3	+2.3
	Sustainable Australia	Sam Ferguson	861	1.7	+0.1
Total formal votes			51,633	96.5	+0.5
Informal votes			1,890	3.5	−0.5
Turnout			53,523	88.6	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jenny Aitchison	30,647	68.6	+3.9
	Liberal	Michael Cooper	14,012	31.4	−3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9