Electoral district of Gosford

Gosford is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1950.

Gosford New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1950–present
MP	Liesl Tesch
Party	Labor
Namesake	Gosford
Electors	56,435 (2019)
Area	867.15 km2 (334.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Gosford: Hawkesbury Cessnock Wyong Hawkesbury Gosford Terrigal The Entrance Hornsby Hornsby Pittwater

Gosford is on the Central Coast and is based around the suburb of Gosford.

The boundaries of Gosford have changed since it was created. In 2007, a redistribution on the Central Coast moved where Gosford was. ABC election scientist Antony Green said the redistribution basically meant that the old seat of Peats (a Labor seat) was renamed Gosford while the old seat of Gosford (a Liberal seat) was renamed Terrigal, with minor boundary changes.

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Gosford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Liesl Tesch	24,703	50.4	+6.3
	Liberal	Dee Bocking	13,881	28.3	−7.8
	Greens	Hilary van Haren	4,553	9.3	+0.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Larry Freeman	2,071	4.2	−0.5
	Independent	Lisa Bellamy	1,668	3.4	+3.4
	Animal Justice	Emily McCallum	1,336	2.7	−0.7
	Sustainable Australia	Ineka Soetens	806	1.6	−0.8
Total formal votes			49,018	97.0	+0.5
Informal votes			1,524	3.0	−0.5
Turnout			50,542	86.9	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Liesl Tesch	29,023	65.4	+8.3
	Liberal	Dee Bocking	15,364	34.6	−8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3