Lake Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Greater Newcastle, Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the independent Greg Piper.
| Lake Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1950–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Greg Piper | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 59,020 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 531.46 km2 (205.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
Lake Macquarie is entirely located in the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle, and includes suburbs as far north as Killingworth, Boolaroo and Cardiff, and as far east as Cardiff South. Suburbs further north are in Cessnock and Wallsend, and suburbs further east are in Charlestown and Swansea.
Members for Lake Macquarie
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Greg Piper | 29,093 | 57.5 | +3.0 | |
| Labor | Steve Ryan | 10,031 | 19.8 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal | Joshua Beer | 5,091 | 10.1 | −5.5 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Jason Lesage | 3,203 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
| Greens | Kim Grierson | 2,430 | 4.8 | −0.1 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Felipe Gore-Escalante | 761 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,609 | 97.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,386 | 2.7 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 51,995 | 88.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Steve Ryan | 16,981 | 62.8 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal | Joshua Beer | 10,069 | 37.2 | −6.3 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Greg Piper | 32,905 | 74.1 | +0.9 | |
| Labor | Steve Ryan | 11,492 | 25.9 | −0.9 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
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