Electoral district of Prospect
{{Short description|State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}
{{about|the New South Wales state electorate|the former Australian federal electorate|Division of Prospect|the former South Australian state electorate|Electoral district of Prospect (South Australia)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate
| state = nsw
| name = Prospect
| image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Prospect.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-33.822|frame-longitude=150.916|zoom=11|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}
| caption = Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
| created = 2015
| mp = Hugh McDermott
| mp-party = Labor Party
| namesake = Prospect, New South Wales
|electors = 58840
|electors_year = 2023
| electors_footnotes=
| area = 70.6
| class = Outer metropolitan
| near-n = Winston Hills
Blacktown
| near-ne = Winston Hills
| near-e = Granville
| near-se = Fairfield
| near-s = Cabramatta
| near-sw = Badgerys Creek
| near-w = Badgerys Creek
| near-nw = Blacktown
}}
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.
Prospect is represented by Hugh McDermott of the Labor Party.
History
Prospect was created as a result of the 2013 redistribution and largely replaced the abolished electorate of Smithfield.
Geography
On its current boundaries, Prospect includes the suburbs of Arndell Park, Bossley Park, Bungarribee, Girraween, Huntingwood, Pemulwuy, Prairiewood, Prospect, Wetherill Park, as well as parts of Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Greystanes, Pendle Hill, South Wentworthville and Smithfield.{{cite web |title=Prospect |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Prospect | access-date =23 November 2019}}
Members for Prospect
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! Party ! Term |
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{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}|
| Hugh McDermott{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Dr (Hugh) Paul Joseph Hugh McDermott MP |id=129 |former= |access-date=7 April 2019}} | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | 2015–present |
Election results
{{Main|Electoral results for the district of Prospect}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Prospect}}
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}}
{{coord missing|New South Wales}}