Electoral district of Myall Lakes
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Myall Lakes 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
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n state of New South Wales
New South Wales
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. It is represented by Stephen Bromhead
Stephen Bromhead
Stephen Bruce Bromhead , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, having represented Myall Lakes for the National Party of Australia since 26 March 2011.-Early years and background:...

 of the National Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

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According to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it is estimated that the electoral district will have 49,117 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it will include most of Great Lakes Shire (including Forster
Forster, New South Wales
Forster is a large coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Great Lakes Council LGA, about north-north-east of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to its twin, Tuncurry, which is the smaller of the two towns...

, Tuncurry
Tuncurry, New South Wales
Tuncurry is a coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Great Lakes Council LGA, about north north east of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to its twin town of Forster, which is the larger of the two towns....

, Bulahdelah, Nabiac, Failford
Failford, New South Wales
Failford is a small rural area of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in Great Lakes Shire.It is situated 10 minutes north of Forster, Failford is a water skiing and boating location with the nearby Wallamba River, which runs between Nabiac and Tuncurry.Failford has a number of...

, Pacific Palms
Pacific Palms, New South Wales
Pacific Palms is small coastal township in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in Great Lakes Council.The locality is bounded by Smith's Lake to the south and Green Point Drive to the north, and includes the suburbs of Smith's Lake, Blueys, Elizabeth and Boomerang Beaches and...

, Smith Lake, Bungwahl
Bungwahl, New South Wales
Bungwahl is a small town in the Australian state of New South Wales, near Myall Lakes. It is close to lakes and beaches and contains the turnoff to Seal Rocks which gives access to the lakes such as Nerani, Stewarts Wharf, The Hearts and various camping sites around the lakes....

, Coolongolook, Wootton, Girvan and Booral) and part of the City of Greater Taree
City of Greater Taree
The City of Greater Taree is a Local Government Area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, centered on Taree. It is on the Manning River, the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line.- History :...

 (including Taree
Taree, New South Wales
Taree is a city on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the sea coast,...

, Cundletown, Wingham
Wingham, New South Wales
Wingham is a town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree north of Sydney. At the 2006 census, Wingham had a population of 4,812.- History :...

, Tinonee
Tinonee, New South Wales
Tinonee is a small town on the banks of the Manning River, near Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales in the City of Greater Taree, Australia. Tinonee was founded in 1854 and in the late 1980s became part of Greater Taree City...

, Old Bar
Old Bar, New South Wales
Old Bar is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree. It lies around east of Taree on the Mid North Coast, and around north of Sydney....

, Krambach
Krambach, New South Wales
Krambach is a village in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree. The village lies on the Bucketts Way, southwest of Taree on the Mid North Coast. Its population in the 2006 census was 137....

, Nabiac, Possum Brush and Hallidays Point).

History

Myall Lakes was created in 1988, partly replacing Gloucester
Electoral district of Gloucester
Gloucester was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1880, partly replacing Williams, and named after Gloucester or Gloucester County . In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into...

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Members for Myall Lakes

Member Party Term
  John Turner
John Turner (Australian politician)
John Harcourt Turner , a former Australian politician, was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Myall Lakes between 1988 and 2011 for the National Party of Australia....

National
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

1988
New South Wales state election, 1988
Elections to the 49th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 19 March 1988. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election...

2011
New South Wales state election, 2011
Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...

  Stephen Bromhead
Stephen Bromhead
Stephen Bruce Bromhead , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, having represented Myall Lakes for the National Party of Australia since 26 March 2011.-Early years and background:...

National
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...

2011
New South Wales state election, 2011
Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...

—present

Election results

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