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NSW DIVISION - ROBERTSON

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Division Name ROBERTSON
State New South Wales
Elected Member Neal, B (ALP) 2007-
Name Derivation Named after Sir John Robertson 1816-91, former Premier of New South Wales.
First Proclaimed / Election 1900/1901
Area 721 sq. kms
Demographic Provincial
Pre-Election Seat Status Fairly Safe
Seat Status Marginal
Enrolment 94,295
Turnout 95.78%
Informal 3.44%
Location Robertson covers an area of approximately 721 sq km from the Hawkesbury River in the south, west to Wiseman's Ferry, north along the Gosford City Council boundary to Mangrove Creek east by Warre Warren Creek and north east by high voltage power line alignment to the Gosford City Council boundary at a point in the very south east of Kulnura. The boundary then extends east, following the Gosford City Council Boundary to Lisarow, south along the main Northern Railway line to North Gosford, then east along Glennie Street, Bradys Gully Road, Clyde Road, Carlton Rd, The Entrance Road, Willoughby Road to Dover Road alignment and Terrigal Lagoon to its mouth. The main centres include Gosford, Terrigal, Woy Woy and Erina.
Products and Industry Tourism, retail, service industries, light manufacturing and processing. Citrus, vegetable and flower growing, poultry products.

Members
Neal, B (ALP) 2007-
Lloyd, J (LP) 1996-2007
Walker, F J (ALP) 1990-1996
Cohen, B (ALP) 1969-1990
Bridges-Maxwell, C W (LP) 1964-1969
Dean, R L (LP) 1949-1964
Williams, T F (ALP) 1943-1949
Spooner, E S (UAP) 1940-1943
Gardner, S L (NAT/UAP) 1922-1940
Fleming, W M (LIB/NAT/NAT & FARMERS/CP) 1913-1922
Johnson, W J (ALP) 1910-1913
Willis, H (FT/ANTI-SOC) 1901-1910

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