Electoral District Of Liverpool
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Liverpool is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Charishma Kaliyanda of the Labor Party. The district is located in Western Sydney covering parts of
Liverpool City Council Liverpool City Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the City status in the United Kingdom, city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. Liverpool has had a local authority since 1207, which has been reformed on numerous ...
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Geography

On its current boundaries, Liverpool takes in the suburbs of
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, Bonnyrigg Heights, Busby, Cartwright, Cecil Hills, Elizabeth Hills, Green Valley, Heckenberg, Hinchinbrook, Hoxton Park, Len Waters Estate,
Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
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, Mount Pritchard, Sadleir and Warwick Farm.


History

Liverpool was created in 1950 and has since always been represented by a member of the Labor Party. It has historically been one of the safest seats in
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
and is considered a part of Labor's heartland in
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. To the testament of how safe this seat is, at the 2011 election it became the safest ALP seat with sitting member Paul Lynch winning 64.7% of the two party preferred vote. As virtually all other ALP MPs were reduced to margins less than 55%. Though Ron Hoenig won a larger vote at the Heffron by-election held in August 2012 but that was achieved in the absence of a Liberal opponent.


Members for Liverpool


Election results


References

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Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...