Electoral district of Hawkesbury

Hawkesbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

It is represented by Robyn Preston of the Liberal Party.

[1] Hawkesbury was originally created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (North Riding) and named after the Hawkesbury River.

It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Cumberland.

At the Liberal Party landslide victory in 2011, Liberal candidate Ray Williams achieved 84.7% of the two-party preferred vote, with a primary vote share of 75.4%.