Electoral district of Myall Lakes

Myall Lakes is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was represented by Stephen Bromhead of The Nationals until his death in 2023.

Myall Lakes
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1988–present
MPTanya Thompson
PartyThe Nationals
NamesakeMyall Lakes
Electors61,336 (2023)
Area5,023.82 km2 (1,939.7 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Myall Lakes:
Northern Tablelands Oxley Port Macquarie
Maitland Myall Lakes Pacific Ocean
Upper Hunter Port Stephens Pacific Ocean

Myall Lakes covers most of the Mid-Coast Council in the Mid North Coast region which includes the suburbs and towns of Forster, Tuncurry, Bulahdelah, Nabiac, Failford, Pacific Palms, Smiths Lake, Bungwahl, Coolongolook and Wootton, Taree, Cundletown, Wingham, Tinonee, Old Bar, Krambach, Nabiac, Possum Brush and Hallidays Point.

History

Myall Lakes was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester.

Members for Myall Lakes

Member Party Term
  John Turner  National 1988–2011
  Stephen Bromhead  National 2011–2023
  Tanya Thompson National 2023–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Myall Lakes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tanya Thompson 24,809 47.1 −1.5
Independent Jason Bendall 9,567 18.2 +18.2
Labor Mark Vanstone 9,460 18.0 −11.2
Legalise Cannabis Keys Manley 4,747 9.0 +9.0
Greens Eleanor Spence 2,843 5.4 −0.2
Sustainable Australia Maree McDonald-Pritchard 1,260 2.4 +0.7
Total formal votes 52,686 96.7 +0.1
Informal votes 1,786 3.3 −0.1
Turnout 54,472 88.8 −1.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Tanya Thompson 28,362 65.8 +6.5
Labor Mark Vanstone 14,731 34.2 −6.5
National hold Swing +6.5

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