Electoral district of Prospect

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the former Australian federal electorate, see Division of Prospect. For the former South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect (South Australia).

Prospect New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of Prospect in Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	2015
MP	Hugh McDermott
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Prospect, New South Wales
Electors	54,127 (NSW State Election, 2015)
Area	70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

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.

Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Australian 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

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Prospect

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