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Shortland

INCUMBENT
	Party	Labor
	Name	Pat Conroy
	Won	05/18/2019
	Votes	54,437 (54.45%)
	Margin	8,894 (+8.90%)
	Term	05/19/2019 - 05/18/2022

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% Of Total Votes	Office	Shortland Winner	Yr	Shortland Votes	% of Sub	% Vs. Full Race
0.73%	(2017) Marriage Law Postal Survey	Yes	17	62,455	67.67%	+6.08%

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This electorate covers 205 sq.km, squeezed between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean, stretching from the southern suburbs of Newcastle to the Central Coast, from Redhead to Budgewoi. Main population centres include Charlestown, Belmont, Swansea and Budgewoi.

Background

This electorate was created on the expansion of the parliament in 1949 and is named after Lieutenant John Shortland, the first European to discover the Hunter River. He was also the first to note the existence of coal deposits.

Shortland has had only three members since its creation, all representing the Labor Party. It was held by Charlie Griffiths 1949-1971, Peter Morris 1972-1998 and current incumbent Jill Hall since 1998.

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