Garry Edwards

Garry Keith Edwards (born 6 September 1950) is a former Australian politician who represented the electoral district of Swansea in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015.

[1] A property conveyancer, Edwards was elected to Council for the City of Lake Macquarie in 2008 and serves as Deputy Mayor.

Edwards was elected with a swing of 14.0 points and won the seat with 51.1 per cent of the two-party vote.

[3][4] Following his election, Edwards stated that he was yet to make a decision about whether he will continue to sit both on Council and as a member of parliament.

He received 14% of the primary vote and lost the seat to the Labor candidate Yasmin Catley.