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Electoral district of Penrith

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate |

|name = Penrith

|state = nsw

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Penrith.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-33.737|frame-longitude=150.686|zoom=11|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}

|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election

|lifespan = 1973–present

|abolished=

|mp = Karen McKeown

|mp-party = Labor

|namesake = Penrith

|electors = 56565

|electors_year = 2023

|area = 75.61

|class = Outer-metropolitan

| near-n = Londonderry

| near-ne = Londonderry

| near-e = Londonderry

| near-se = Badgerys Creek

| near-s = Badgerys Creek

| near-sw = Blue Mountains

| near-w = Blue Mountains

| near-nw = Hawkesbury

}}

Penrith is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales since 1973.{{cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Penrith |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Penrith |access-date=8 September 2019}} It is represented by Karen McKeown of the Labor Party.

It has been traditionally a safe {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} seat for most of its history but has had times where it has fallen to the Liberal Party. It is now regarded as a key marginal seat.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Penrith takes in the suburbs of Penrith, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Jamisontown, Lapstone, Lemongrove, Leonay, South Penrith and parts of Blaxland, Caddens, Cambridge Park, Castlereagh, Cambridge Gardens, Cranebrook, Kingswood and Werrington.{{cite web |title=Penrith |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Penrith |access-date=23 November 2019}}

Members for Penrith

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Ron Mulock{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=The Hon. Ronald Joseph Mulock (1930-2014) |id=1893 |former=Yes |access-date=6 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1973–1981

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Peter Anderson{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=The Hon. Peter Thomas Anderson (1947- ) |id=2043 |former=Yes |access-date=27 April 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1981–1988

{{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}| 

| Guy Matheson{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Guy Kevin Vincent Matheson (1951- ) |id=2074 |former=Yes |access-date=13 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

| 1988–1991

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Faye Lo Po'{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=The Hon. Faye Lo Po' (1936- ) |id=1933 |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1991–2003

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Karyn Paluzzano{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mrs Karyn Lesley Paluzzano (1960- ) |id=2173 |former=Yes |access-date=8 September 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 2003–2010

{{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}| 

| Stuart Ayres{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=The Hon. Stuart Laurence Ayres, MP |id=51 |access-date=3 April 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

| 2010–2023

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Karen McKeown

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 2023–present

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the district of Penrith}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Penrith}}

References

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{{Electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}

{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}

Penrith

Category:1973 establishments in Australia

Category:Constituencies established in 1973