Wyong 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 Australia

Australia

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n state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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. The district is a 44,017 km² urban and semi-rural electorate on the Central Coast

Central Coast, New South Wales

The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie....

. The main urban centres are the towns of Wyong

Wyong, New South Wales

Wyong was proclaimed a town in 1888 and is currently a major northern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, located approximately 89 km NNE of Sydney. It is the administrative centre for the Wyong Shire local government area.- History :...

, Toukley

Toukley, New South Wales

Toukley is a town in the Central Coast region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies approximately 107 km north of Sydney via the F3 freeway. It is located between Tuggerah Lake, Budgewoi Lake, and the Pacific Ocean. The town is within the area of the Wyong Shire...

 and Wyee

Wyee, New South Wales

Wyee is a small town in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Lake Macquarie. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and has a station on the CityRail Newcastle and Central Coast railway line. It had a population of 1,487 in 2001...

. It is represented by Darren Webber

Darren Webber

Darren James Webber MP Darren James Webber MP Darren James Webber MP (born 29 June 1981 in Gosford, New South Wales, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Wyong on the Central Coast for the Liberal Party since 2011.-Early career and background:...

 of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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Issues of concern in recent elections have included maintaining urban development at a sustainable rate, and ensuring the water supply in the area.

History

Wyong was originally established in 1962. In 1973, it was replaced by Munmorah

Electoral district of Munmorah

Munmorah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, which partly replaced Wyong in 1973. It was named after the locality of Munmorah. In 1981, it was replaced by Swansea and Tuggerah. Its only member was Harry Jensen, representing the...

 and a redistricted Gosford

Electoral district of Gosford

Gosford is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Chris Holstein of the Liberal Party. The former district of Gosford was renamed Terrigal for the 2007 state election...

. In 1988, a recreated Wyong and The Entrance

Electoral district of The Entrance

The Entrance is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is represented by Chris Spence of the Liberal Party of Australia who defeated Labor candidate David Mehan at the State Election in 2011...

 replaced Tuggerah

Electoral district of Tuggerah

Tuggerah was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, which partly replaced Munmorah in 1981 and was named after the Tuggerah Lakes. In 1988, it was replaced by Wyong and The Entrance. Its only member was Harry Moore, representing the...

.

In 2011 local businessman Darren Webber

Darren Webber

Darren James Webber MP Darren James Webber MP Darren James Webber MP (born 29 June 1981 in Gosford, New South Wales, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Wyong on the Central Coast for the Liberal Party since 2011.-Early career and background:...

 won the seat, becoming the first Liberal MP for Wyong, gaining a 9.5% swing.

Members for Wyong

First incarnation (1962–1973)
Member		Party	Period
	Ray Maher Ray Maher The Hon. Raphael Septimus Maher was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1966 and a member of the Australian Labor Party . Maher was the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1959 and 1966.-Early life:Maher...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1962 New South Wales state election, 1962 The 1962 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1962. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution... —1965 New South Wales state election, 1965 The 1965 New South Wales state election was held on 1 May 1965. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution...
	Harry Jensen Harry Jensen Henry Frederick Jensen, usually called Harry Jensen was an Australian ALP politician, who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 until 1981...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1965 New South Wales state election, 1965 The 1965 New South Wales state election was held on 1 May 1965. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution... —1973 New South Wales state election, 1973 Elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 17 November 1973. The result was a win for the Liberal-Country Party coalition under Sir Robert Askin, which had been in office since 1965....
Second incarnation (1988–present)
	Harry Moore Harry Moore (Australian politician) Harry Moore was a former Australian Labor Party politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Tuggerah from 1981 to 1988, and for Wyong from 1988 to 1991....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	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... —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...
	Paul Crittenden Paul Crittenden Paul Ronald Crittenden is a former ALP politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Wyong from 1991 to 2007 ....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	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
	David Harris David Harris (Australian politician) David Robert Harris is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Wyong from 24 March 2007 until his defeat at the 2011 state election.-Personal life:Harris is one of three children born to...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2007— 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...
	Darren Webber Darren Webber Darren James Webber MP Darren James Webber MP Darren James Webber MP (born 29 June 1981 in Gosford, New South Wales, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Wyong on the Central Coast for the Liberal Party since 2011.-Early career and background:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	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

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