NSW state district
Newcastle
In New South Wales.
Sitting member
About
About Newcastle
Newcastle is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly covering the eastern part of the City of Newcastle, along with two Port Stephens Council suburbs. It is held by Tim Crakanthorp of the Labor Party. Crakanthorp's Facebook and Instagram ads focus on the seat's electorate.
- Held by
- Tim Crakanthorp, Labor
- Created
- 1859, from part of North Eastern Boroughs
- Held since
- 2014 Newcastle by-election
- Previous member
- Tim Owen, Liberal, resigned August 2014
Summarised by AI from Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.
Who's advertising
MPs and candidates for Newcastle whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.
We don't follow any candidate's page for Newcastle yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Newcastle are on the spending page.