Electoral district of Gosford

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Gosford
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1950–present
MPLiesl Tesch
PartyLabor
NamesakeGosford
Electors56,435 (2019)
Area867.15 km2 (334.8 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Electorates around Gosford:
Hawkesbury Cessnock Wyong
Hawkesbury Gosford Terrigal
The Entrance
Hornsby Hornsby Pittwater

Gosford is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1950.

Gosford is on the Central Coast and is based around the suburb of Gosford.

The boundaries of Gosford have changed since it was created. In 2007, a redistribution on the Central Coast moved where Gosford was. ABC election scientist Antony Green said the redistribution basically meant that the old seat of Peats (a Labor seat) was renamed Gosford while the old seat of Gosford (a Liberal seat) was renamed Terrigal, with minor boundary changes.

Election results[change | change source]

2023 New South Wales state election: Gosford[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Liesl Tesch 24,703 50.4 +6.3
Liberal Dee Bocking 13,881 28.3 −7.8
Greens Hilary van Haren 4,553 9.3 +0.2
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Larry Freeman 2,071 4.2 −0.5
Independent Lisa Bellamy 1,668 3.4 +3.4
Animal Justice Emily McCallum 1,336 2.7 −0.7
Sustainable Australia Ineka Soetens 806 1.6 −0.8
Total formal votes 49,018 97.0 +0.5
Informal votes 1,524 3.0 −0.5
Turnout 50,542 86.9 −2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Liesl Tesch 29,023 65.4 +8.3
Liberal Dee Bocking 15,364 34.6 −8.3
Labor hold Swing +8.3

References[change | change source]

  1. LA First Preference: Gosford, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Gosford, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.