Electoral District Of Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Leslie Williams of the National Party.
It presently includes parts of coastal Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (including Port Macquarie, Dunbogan, Kendall, Kew, Laurieton, North Haven and West Haven) and the northeast of the City of Greater Taree (inclluding Coopernook, Lansdowne, Moorland, Hannam Vale, Johns River and Stewarts River). The district also includes Lord Howe Island.
The previous member, state Nationals turned independent MP Rob Oakeshott, resigned from the seat in order to contest the Lyne by-election which he won. This triggered a Port Macquarie by-election.
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