Electoral district of Lake Macquarie
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Lake Macquarie is an electoral district
New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...

 of the Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
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 in the Hunter region of the Australian
Australia
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 state of New South Wales
New South Wales
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. It is currently represented by the independent Greg Piper
Greg Piper
Gregory Michael Piper MP , an Australian politician, is the independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lake Macquarie since 2007. Piper also serves as Mayor of City of Lake Macquarie, since 2004.-Early years and background:Piper grew up in the Lake Macquarie suburb...

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Members for Lake Macquarie

Member Party Term
  Jim Simpson Labor
Australian Labor Party
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1950
New South Wales state election, 1950
The 1950 New South Wales State state election was held on 17 June 1950. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution...

—1968
  Merv Hunter
Merv Hunter
Mervyn Leslie Hunter is an Australian politician. He was the state Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie representing the Australian Labor Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991 and was the Shire President of the City of Lake Macquarie in 1969,...

Labor
Australian Labor Party
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1969—1991
New South Wales state election, 1991
Elections to the 50th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 May 1991. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...

  Jeff Hunter
Jeff Hunter (politician)
Jeffery Hunter is a retired Australian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 25 May 1991 until 24 March 2007...

Labor
Australian Labor Party
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1991
New South Wales state election, 1991
Elections to the 50th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 May 1991. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...

—2007
  Greg Piper
Greg Piper
Gregory Michael Piper MP , an Australian politician, is the independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lake Macquarie since 2007. Piper also serves as Mayor of City of Lake Macquarie, since 2004.-Early years and background:Piper grew up in the Lake Macquarie suburb...

Independent
Independent (politician)
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2007—present

Election results

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