Electoral district of Seven Hills

Seven Hills
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Seven Hills; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1981–1991; 2015–2023
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Seven Hills
Electors	53,676 (2019)
Area	32.09 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
	Electorates around Seven Hills:

Seven Hills was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Taylor of the Liberal Party.

It includes the suburbs of Constitution Hill, Northmead, Old Toongabbie and Winston Hills and parts of Seven Hills, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Kings Langley, Glenwood, Lalor Park, Pendle Hill, Prospect, Toongabbie, Wentworthville and Westmead.^[1]

History

Seven Hills was established for the first time in 1981 but it was abolished in 1991. It was recreated from 2015 as a result of the 2013 redistribution.^[2] It is named after and including the Sydney suburb of Seven Hills.

The second incarnation of Seven Hills largely consisted of areas from the abolished seat of Toongabbie, which had historically been a Labor stronghold before Labor's near-meltdown in west Sydney in the 2011 election. In the election, the Labor margin was reduced from a comfortably safe 14.5 percent to an extremely marginal 0.3 percent. The transfer of traditionally pro-Labor voting areas to Blacktown and Prospect, and the addition of equally pro-Liberal areas from Baulkham Hills significantly altered the political composition of the electorate, giving the Liberals a notional margin of 8.8 percent–on the stronger side of fairly safe. The sitting member for Toongabbie was former Labor Premier Nathan Rees, who concluded the new Seven Hills was impossible to hold and retired at the 2015 election.^[3]^[4]

As a result of a redistribution in 2021, Seven Hills will be abolished at the 2023 election and largely replaced by Winston Hills.^[5]

Members for Seven Hills

First Incarnation (1981–1991)
Member		Party	Period
	Bob Christie ^[6]	Labor	1981–1991
Second Incarnation (2015–present)
	Mark Taylor ^[7]	Liberal	2015–2023

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Seven Hills ^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Taylor	23,548	50.13	+0.44
	Labor	Durga Owen	16,909	35.99	+3.45
	Greens	Damien Atkins	3,038	6.47	−0.66
	Independent	Alan Sexton	1,844	3.93	+3.93
	Sustainable Australia	Eric Claus	863	1.84	+1.84
	Conservatives	Jude D'Cruz	775	1.65	+1.65
Total formal votes			46,977	96.76	+0.63
Informal votes			1,572	3.24	−0.63
Turnout			48,549	90.45	−1.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark Taylor	24,518	56.36	−2.39
	Labor	Durga Owen	18,988	43.64	+2.39
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.39

References

^ "Seven Hills". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^ "Former NSW premier Nathan Rees to quit politics at 2015 state election - ABC News". ABC News. 28 March 2014.
^ Green, Antony. "2013 New South Wales Redistribution". ABC. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
^ "Redistribution of electoral districts 2021" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ "Mr (Bob) Robert William John Christie". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Mr Mark Owen Taylor MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Seven Hills: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Seven Hills: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[1] "Seven Hills". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

[3] "Former NSW premier Nathan Rees to quit politics at 2015 state election - ABC News". ABC News. 28 March 2014.

[4] Green, Antony. "2013 New South Wales Redistribution". ABC. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

[redistribution-report-5] "Redistribution of electoral districts 2021" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[Bob_Christie_NSW_Parl-6] "Mr (Bob) Robert William John Christie". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Mark_Taylor_NSW_Parl-7] "Mr Mark Owen Taylor MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[8] "Seven Hills: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[9] "Seven Hills: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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