Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Robyn Preston of the Liberal Party since the 2019 election.
It includes all of the City of Hawkesbury and the far north of both The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire.
History Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the Hawkesbury River. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland. It was recreated in 1927.
Hawkesbury has been safely conservative for most of its existence. Labor held it for three terms after its 1941 victory. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1950 state election made it notionally Liberal, and it has remained in Liberal hands since.
At the Liberal Party landslide victory in 2011, Liberal candidate Ray Williams achieved 84.7% of the two-party preferred vote, with a primary vote share of 75.4%.
Members for Hawkesbury First incarnation (1859–1880, 2 members)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm John Darvall None 1859–1860 William PiddingtonNone1859–1877 James Cunneen None 1860–1869 Henry MosesNone1869–1880 Alexander Bowman None 1877–1880
(1880–1920, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm Alexander Bowman None 1880–1882 Henry McQuade None 1882–1885 Alexander Bowman None 1885–1887 1887–1892 Sydney Burdekin 1892–1894 William Morgan 1894–1895 1895–1901 Brinsley Hall 1901–1907 1907–1917 Bruce Walker Sr 1917–1920 Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm Bruce Walker Sr 1927–1932 Bruce Walker Jr 1932–1941 Frank Finnan 1941–1950 Bernie Deane 1950–1972 Kevin Rozzoli 1973–2003 Steven Pringle 2003–2006 2006–2007 Ray Williams 2007–2015 Dominic Perrottet 2015–2019 Robyn Preston 2019–present
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