Electoral district of Castle Hill

Australian electorate

Castle Hill
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election

State| New South Wales
Created| 2007
MP| Mark Hodges
Party| Liberal Party
Namesake| Castle Hill
Electors| 60,394 (2023)
Area| 99.95 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Demographic| Inner metropolitan
| Electorates around Castle Hill:

Hawkesbury | Hawkesbury | Hornsby
Kellyville | Castle Hill | Hornsby
Winston Hills | Winston Hills
Epping | Epping

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Hodges of the Liberal Party.

It is an conservative urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney's north west.

## History

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The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills.

While the Hills District has long been Liberal heartland, Castle Hill is considered a particularly safe seat even by Hills standards. Counting its time as The Hills, the Liberals have always won an outright majority in this seat on the first count. However, in recent years, Labor has run dead here;[citation needed] in the three elections since its creation, Labor has been lucky to win 30 percent of the two-party vote.

After the 2015 election, it was the safest seat in the state, with a 29.4 percent swing needed for Labor to win it.

It was retained by the Liberal Party with a 50.7% first round vote in the 2023 state election.

## Geography

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On its current boundaries, Castle Hill takes in the suburbs of Annangrove, Glenhaven, Kenthurst, Glenorie, Castle Hill, Dural, Middle Dural, Baulkham Hills, and West Pennant Hills.[1][2]

## Members for Castle Hill

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Member  | Party  | Period

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| Michael Richardson [3] | Liberal | 2007–2011
| Dominic Perrottet [4] | Liberal | 2011–2015
| Ray Williams [5] | Liberal | 2015–2023
| Mark Hodges | Liberal | 2023–present

## Election results

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See also: Electoral results for the district of Castle Hill

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Castle Hill[6][7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Mark Hodges | 27,085  | 50.7  | −13.4
| Labor | Tina Cartwright  | 15,159  | 28.4  | +8.3
| Greens | Tina Kordrostami  | 4,786  | 9.0  | +0.5
| Liberal Democrats | My Trinh  | 3,642  | 6.8  | +6.8
| Sustainable Australia | Eric Claus  | 1,403  | 2.6  | −0.5
| Independent | Nathan Organ  | 1,352  | 2.5  | +2.5
Total formal votes  | 53,427  | 97.6  | +0.1
Informal votes  | 1,300  | 2.4  | −0.1
Turnout | 54,727  | 90.6  | −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
| Liberal | Mark Hodges | 29,223  | 60.9  | −11.5
| Labor | Tina Cartwright  | 18,760  | 39.1  | +11.5
| Liberal hold | Swing | −11.5 |

## References

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1. ^ "Castle Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. ^ "The Legislative Assembly District of Castle Hill". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
3. ^ "Mr Michael John Richardson (1949- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
4. ^ "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
5. ^ "Mr (Ray) Raymond Craig Williams MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
6. ^ LA First Preference: Castle Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Castle Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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