Electoral district of Port Stephens

Port Stephens is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Kate Washington of the Labor Party.

Port Stephens New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1988
MP	Kate Washington
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Port Stephens
Electors	60,278 (2023)
Area	1,285.57 km2 (496.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	32°45′41.3″S 151°44′38.6″E
Electorates around Port Stephens: Upper Hunter Myall Lakes Myall Lakes Maitland Port Stephens Pacific Ocean Wallsend Newcastle Pacific Ocean

Port Stephens includes most of the Port Stephens Council in the Hunter region (excluding Fern Bay and Fullerton Cove), and parts of the southern Mid-Coast Council in the Mid North Coast region (including Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens).^[1]

History

Port Stephens was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.

Members for Port Stephens

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Martin [2]	Labor	1988–1999
	John Bartlett [3]	Labor	1999–2007
	Craig Baumann [4]	Liberal	2007–2014
		Independent	2014–2015
	Kate Washington [5]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Port Stephens

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Washington	27,957	53.60	+5.46
	Liberal	Nathan Errington	11,883	22.78	−17.14
	One Nation	Mark Watson	6,720	12.88	+12.88
	Greens	Jordan Jensen	2,511	4.81	+1.01
	Animal Justice	Michelle Buckmaster	1,569	3.01	+0.39
	Informed Medical Options	Angela Ketas	769	1.47	+1.47
	Sustainable Australia	Beverley Jelfs	752	1.44	−0.54
Total formal votes			52,161	97.18	+0.66
Informal votes			1,511	2.82	−0.66
Turnout			53,672	89.04	−2.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Washington	30,777	69.02	+13.27
	Liberal	Nathan Errington	13,812	30.98	−13.27
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.27