Electoral District Of Port Stephens
Port Stephens is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Craig Baumann of the Liberal Party who won 51.1% of the primary vote at the 2011 election.
At the 2007 state election the district had 46,334 enrolled electors. It includes most of the Port Stephens LGA (excluding areas to the west of the Williams River and between the Williams River and Pacific Highway), a part of the City of Newcastle and part of southern Great Lakes Council (including Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens).
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