Electoral district of Myall Lakes

Myall Lakes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Stephen Bromhead of The Nationals until his death in 2023.

Myall Lakes New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1988–present
MP	Tanya Thompson
Party	The Nationals
Namesake	Myall Lakes
Electors	61,336 (2023)
Area	5,023.82 km2 (1,939.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Electorates around Myall Lakes: Northern Tablelands Oxley Port Macquarie Maitland Myall Lakes Pacific Ocean Upper Hunter Port Stephens Pacific Ocean

Myall Lakes covers most of the Mid-Coast Council in the Mid North Coast region which includes the suburbs and towns of Forster, Tuncurry, Bulahdelah, Nabiac, Failford, Pacific Palms, Smiths Lake, Bungwahl, Coolongolook and Wootton, Taree, Cundletown, Wingham, Tinonee, Old Bar, Krambach, Nabiac, Possum Brush and Hallidays Point.^[1]

History

Myall Lakes was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.

Members for Myall Lakes

Member		Party	Term
	John Turner [2]	National	1988–2011
	Stephen Bromhead [3]	National	2011–2023
	Tanya Thompson	National	2023–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Myall Lakes

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Myall Lakes^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tanya Thompson	24,809	47.1	−1.5
	Independent	Jason Bendall	9,567	18.2	+18.2
	Labor	Mark Vanstone	9,460	18.0	−11.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Keys Manley	4,747	9.0	+9.0
	Greens	Eleanor Spence	2,843	5.4	−0.2
	Sustainable Australia	Maree McDonald-Pritchard	1,260	2.4	+0.7
Total formal votes			52,686	96.7	+0.1
Informal votes			1,786	3.3	−0.1
Turnout			54,472	88.8	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tanya Thompson	28,362	65.8	+6.5
	Labor	Mark Vanstone	14,731	34.2	−6.5
	National hold		Swing	+6.5