Electoral district of Mount Druitt

Mount Druitt is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Edmond Atalla of the Labor Party.

Mount Druitt
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1971–1981, 1991–present
MP	Edmond Atalla
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Mount Druitt
Electors	62,334 (2023)
Area	38.95 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Mount Druitt: Londonderry Londonderry Blacktown Londonderry Mount Druitt Blacktown Badgerys Creek Badgerys Creek Prospect

It is a 38.95 km² urban electorate in Sydney's outer west.

History

Mount Druitt was originally created in 1971 and abolished prior to the 1981 election and replaced by St Marys. It was re-established prior to the 1991 election. It has always been represented by a member of the Labor Party.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Mount Druitt takes in the suburbs of Mount Druitt, Bidwill, Blackett, Dean Park, Dharruk, Glendenning, Hassall Grove, Hebersham, Minchinbury, Oakhurst, Plumpton, Rooty Hill, Whalan, Shalvey and parts of Colebee, Eastern Creek, Emerton and Lethbridge Park.^[1]

Members for Mount Druitt

First incarnation (1971—1981)
Member		Party	Term
	Jim Southee [2]	Labor	1971–1973
	Tony Johnson [3]	Labor	1973–1981
Second incarnation (1991—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Amery [4]	Labor	1991–2015
	Edmond Atalla [5]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mount Druitt

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Mount Druitt^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edmond Atalla	29,710	60.9	+2.0
	Liberal	Kandathil Sunil Jayadevan	11,470	23.5	−2.6
	Greens	Asm Morshed	4,173	8.6	+1.9
	Animal Justice	Andrew Dudas	3,393	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			48,746	94.6	−0.3
Informal votes			2,759	5.4	+0.3
Turnout			51,505	82.6	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edmond Atalla	32,606	72.4	+3.8
	Liberal	Kandathil Sunil Jayadevan	12,435	27.6	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Two-candidate preferred results for the electoral district of Mount Druitt