Electoral district of Terrigal

Terrigal
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Terrigal; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	2007–present
MP	Adam Crouch
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Terrigal
Electors	58,056 (2023)
Area	128.45 km2 (49.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
	Electorates around Terrigal:

Terrigal is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Adam Crouch of the Liberal Party.

It includes the affluent southeastern suburbs of the Central Coast Council in the Central Coast region. Terrigal has never won by the Labor Party; however it became a marginal seat following the 2023 election.

History

Terrigal was created at the redistribution prior to the 2007 election and consisted of much of the district of Gosford, then held by Chris Hartcher for the Liberal Party, while Gosford absorbed most of the former district of Peats, then held by Marie Andrews for the Labor Party. Antony Green describes the redistribution as effectively being that Gosford was renamed Terrigal while Peats was renamed Gosford.^[1]

Since 2015, it has been the only seat on the Central Coast held by the Liberal Party. The Central Coast (particularly around Gosford and The Entrance) is typically a highly competitive region for both major parties on all three levels of politics.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Terrigal takes in the suburbs and towns of Avoca Beach, Bensville, Bouddi, Box Head, Copacabana, Davistown, Empire Bay, Erina, Erina Heights, Forresters Beach, Green Point, Holgate, Killcare, Killcare Heights, Kincumber, Kincumber South, MacMasters Beach, Matcham, North Avoca, Picketts Valley, Pretty Beach, Saratoga, Springfield, St Huberts Island, Terrigal, Wagstaffe, Wamberal, Yattalunga and parts of East Gosford and North Gosford.

Members for Terrigal

	Party	Term
Chris Hartcher ^[2]	Liberal	2007–2014
Chris Hartcher ^[2]	Independent	2014–2015
Adam Crouch ^[3]	Liberal	2015–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Terrigal^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Adam Crouch	23,507	46.6	−6.3
	Labor	Sam Boughton	19,703	39.0	+12.9
	Greens	Imogen da Silva	4,868	9.6	−0.4
	Sustainable Australia	Wayne Rigg	2,392	4.7	+2.8
Total formal votes			50,470	97.5	+0.8
Informal votes			1,270	2.5	−0.8
Turnout			51,740	89.1	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Adam Crouch	24,467	51.2	−11.1
	Labor	Sam Boughton	23,300	48.8	+11.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.1

References

^ "Terrigal- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
^ "Mr (Chris) Christopher Peter Hartcher (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^ "Mr Adam Sibery Crouch, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ LA First Preference: Terrigal, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Terrigal, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

"Terrigal". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[ABC_Terrigal-1] "Terrigal- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.

[Chris_Hartcher_NSW_parl-2] "Mr (Chris) Christopher Peter Hartcher (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.

[Adam_Crouch_NSW_parl-3] "Mr Adam Sibery Crouch, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[4] LA First Preference: Terrigal, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[5] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Terrigal, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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