Wallsend is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
[1] Wallsend is a Newcastle suburban electorate, deriving its name from the suburb of the same name, covering 116.83 km2.
It encompasses part or whole of the suburbs of Beresfield, Birmingham Gardens, Black Hill, Callaghan (encompassing Newcastle University), Cardiff, Cardiff Heights, Elermore Vale, Fletcher, Glendale, Hexham, Jesmond, Lambton, Lenaghan, Maryland, Minmi, New Lambton, New Lambton Heights, North Lambton, Rankin Park, Shortland, Tarro, Wallsend, Waratah and Waratah West.
It was recreated between 1917 but with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, it was absorbed into Newcastle.
The first was Ken Booth who eventually became the state treasurer in the Wran and Unsworth governments.