New South Wales Electoral Commission

New South Wales
Electoral Commission
Agency overview
FormedOctober 2006[citation needed]
Preceding agency
  • State Electoral Office
JurisdictionNew South Wales
Employees199 (2022–23)[1]
Annual budget$192.82 million (2024)[2]
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Matthew Phillips, Acting Electoral Commissioner[3]
Key documents
  • Electoral Act 2017
  • Constitution Act 1902
  • Local Government Act 1993
  • Electoral Funding Act 2018
  • Lobbying of Government Officials Act 2011[4]
Websitewww.elections.nsw.gov.au
Logo used until 2018

The New South Wales Electoral Commission, known as the NSWEC or the NSW Electoral Commission is a statutory agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales. It reports to the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.

  1. ^ Annual report NSW Electoral Commission 2022–23 (PDF) (Report). Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW: NSW Electoral Commission. 31 October 2023. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ Appropriation Act 2024 (NSW) s 28
  3. ^ "NSW Electoral Commissioner John Schmidt retires". NSW Electoral Commission (Press release). 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024. Dr Matthew Phillips, Executive Director for Corporate division, has been appointed as Acting Electoral Commissioner for New South Wales by Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales. He takes up the role from Saturday, 6 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Our legislative framework". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.