Electoral district of Riverstone
Riverstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Kevin Conolly of the Liberal Party since 2011.
Riverstone is a 73 km² urban and semi-rural electorate in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Acacia Gardens, Kellyville Ridge, Parklea, Riverstone, Schofields, Stanhope Gardens, The Ponds and parts of Colebee, Glenwood, Marsden Park, Quakers Hill, Rouse Hill and Vineyard.
Much of the electorate is situated in the growing north-west sector, which has been poorly served in transport, health and police resources. Although ancestrally a Labor seat, changing demographics in the eastern portion of the seat suggested a long-term Liberal trend in voting patterns. Proving this, Liberal Kevin Conolly won the seat in 2011 on a swing of 30.2 percent—almost unheard of in Australian politics—turning the seat from safe Labor to very safe Liberal in one stroke.Members for Riverstone
