---
title: "Bathurst: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Bathurst: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
url: "https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bathurst"
---

[Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw)

NSW state district

# Bathurst

In New South Wales.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Flint%2C_Paul_Toole_MP_%26_Richard_Neville_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Paul Toole** Nationals, Bathurst ](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-toole)

About

## About Bathurst

Bathurst is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly covering Bathurst Region, the City of Lithgow, Blayney Shire, Oberon Shire and the southern part of Mid-Western Regional Council. It is held by Paul Toole of the National Party. Facebook and Instagram ads from Paul Toole focus on the topics shown on the page.

Created

1859, partly replacing Western Boroughs

Chamber

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Sitting member

Paul Toole, National

Held by the same party since

2011, Nationals candidate Paul Toole

Previous members

Held by Labor for 20 years before 2011

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FBathurst), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Bathurst whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Bathurst yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Bathurst are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other districts in New South Wales

- [Albury](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/albury)
- [Auburn](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/auburn)
- [Badgerys Creek](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/badgerys-creek)
- [Ballina](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/ballina)
- [Balmain](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/balmain)
- [Bankstown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bankstown)
- [Barwon](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/barwon)
- [Bega](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bega)
- [Blacktown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/blacktown)
- [Blue Mountains](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/blue-mountains)
- [Cabramatta](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cabramatta)
- [Camden](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/camden)
- [Campbelltown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/campbelltown)
- [Canterbury](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/canterbury)
- [Castle Hill](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/castle-hill)
- [Cessnock](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cessnock)
- [Charlestown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/charlestown)
- [Clarence](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/clarence)
- [Coffs Harbour](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/coffs-harbour)
- [Coogee](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/coogee)
- [Cootamundra](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cootamundra)
- [Cronulla](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cronulla)
- [Davidson](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/davidson)
- [Drummoyne](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/drummoyne)

---

[Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) 

A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too.

Explore

[Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) 

Victoria 2026

[The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) 

Data

[Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers)

For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.