Electoral district of Prospect

Prospect; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Electoral district of Prospect in Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	2015
MP	Hugh McDermott
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Prospect, New South Wales
Electors	54,803 (2017)
Area	70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan
	Electorates around Prospect:

Prospect is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. An urban electorate in western Sydney, it is centred on the suburb of Prospect from which it takes its name. It also includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill and Smithfield.^[1]

Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.

Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.

Members for Prospect

Member		Party	Term
	Hugh McDermott	Labor	2015–present

New South Wales state election, 2015: Prospect^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	21,156	44.8	+4.3
	Liberal	Andrew Rohan	18,158	38.5	−3.8
	Christian Democrats	Sam Georgis	3,351	7.1	−0.2
	Greens	Sujan Selventhiran	3,214	6.8	−0.4
	No Land Tax	Angelo Esposito	1,345	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			47,224	95.2	+0.8
Informal votes			2,393	4.8	−0.8
Turnout			49,617	91.4	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Hugh McDermott	22,946	53.4	+4.5
	Liberal	Andrew Rohan	20,027	46.6	−4.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.5

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