Division Profile

Division Name

CHARLTON

State

New South Wales

Elected Member

Combet, G (ALP) 2007-

Name Derivation

Named after Matthew Charlton 1866-1948, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1903-10, Member of House of Representatives 1910-28 and leader of ALP 1922-28.

First Proclaimed / Election

1984

Area

578 sq. kms

Demographic

Provincial

Pre-Election Seat Status

Fairly Safe

Seat Status

Safe

Enrolment

91,109

Turnout

95.76%

Informal

4.66%

Location

Charlton covers an area of approximately 578 sq km from Rankin Park, Cardiff Heights, Cardiff South and Garden Suburb in the east, encompassing all of Lake Maquarie, then extending south to Wyee, including Mandalong and Martinsville to the west and Seahampton, West Wallsend and Maryland in the north. Main suburbs include, Elermore Vale, Fletcher, Minmi and most of Wallsend in the Newcastle area, Boolaroo, Cardiff, Cooranbong, Edgeworth, Morisset, Speers Point, Toronto, Warners Bay, and Wangi Wangi in the Lake Macquarie area.

Products and Industry

Light and heavy engineering, timber, textiles, some dairy farms and poultry farming, tourism, coal-mining, electricity, and retailing.

Members

Combet, G (ALP) 2007-

Hoare, K (ALP) 1998-2007

Brown, B (ALP) 1984-1998

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NSW DIVISION - CHARLTON

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