| North Shore New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1920–1927 1981–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Felicity Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,332 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 25.09 km2 (9.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on Sydney's lower North Shore. It is currently held by Liberal MP Felicity Wilson.
History
North Shore was originally created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Middle Harbour, Mosman, St Leonards and Willoughby and named after the North Shore of Sydney Harbour. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Lane Cove, Manly, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1981, replacing Kirribilli.[1]
It was originally expected to be a very safe Liberal seat; northern Sydney has been the power base for the Liberals and their predecessors for over a century. However, it was held by independents from 1981 to 1991—most notably Ted Mack from 1981 to 1988. The Liberals did not take the seat until 1991, but have held it with virtually no difficulty since then.
While Labor frequently runs dead in northern Sydney, North Shore is very unfriendly territory for Labor even by northern Sydney standards. Labor has never tallied more than 37 percent of the two-party vote. In the last four elections, Labor candidates have been pushed into third place, and have struggled to get to 20 percent of the primary vote.
The seat is almost entirely within the blue-ribbon federal seat of North Sydney.
Members for North Shore
| Five members (1920—1927) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||
| Alfred Reid [2] | Ind. Nationalist | 1920–1922 | Arthur Cocks [3] | Nationalist | 1920–1925 | Reginald Weaver [4] | Nationalist | 1920–1925 | Richard Arthur [5] | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Cecil Murphy [6] | Labor | 1920–1927 | |||||
| Nationalist | 1922–1922 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Fell [7] | Independent Coalitionist | 1922–1927 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alick Kay [8] | Independent | 1925–1926 | Alfred Reid [2] | Nationalist | 1925–1927 | ||||||||||||||
| Arthur Tonge [9] | Labor | 1926–1927 | |||||||||||||||||
| Single-member (1981–present) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ted Mack [10] | Independent | 1981–1988 | |
| Robyn Read [11] | Independent | 1988–1991 | |
| Phillip Smiles [12] | Liberal | 1991–1993 | |
| Jillian Skinner [13] | Liberal | 1994–2017 | |
| Felicity Wilson [14] | Liberal | 2017–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Felicity Wilson | 22,261 | 46.60 | −11.46 | |
| Independent | Carolyn Corrigan | 9,341 | 19.55 | +19.55 | |
| Labor | Michael Lester | 5,900 | 12.35 | −1.44 | |
| Greens | Toby Pettigrew | 5,393 | 11.29 | −3.32 | |
| Keep Sydney Open | Colin Furphy | 1,993 | 4.17 | +4.17 | |
| Animal Justice | Olivia Bouchier | 827 | 1.73 | +1.73 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Gunning | 785 | 1.64 | +1.64 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Victoria Boast | 661 | 1.38 | +1.38 | |
| Conservatives | Jeffrey Grimshaw | 613 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,774 | 98.52 | +0.48 | ||
| Informal votes | 719 | 1.48 | −0.48 | ||
| Turnout | 48,493 | 87.64 | −0.53 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Felicity Wilson | 25,032 | 67.85 | −4.07 | |
| Labor | Michael Lester | 11,863 | 32.15 | +4.07 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Felicity Wilson | 23,917 | 61.13 | −10.06 | |
| Independent | Carolyn Corrigan | 15,209 | 38.87 | +38.87 | |
| Liberal hold | |||||
References
- ^ "North Shore". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Alfred Albert Edward Ernest (Theodore Muswellbrooke Orlando) Vassa Reid (1867–1945)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Sir (Alfred) Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (1862-1943)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver (1876-1945)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Cecil Horace Murphy". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Scott Fell (1866-1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Alick Dudley Kay (1884-1961)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Arthur Tonge (1887-1963)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Ted) Edward Carrington Mack (1933–2018)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Ms Robyn Read". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Phillip Murray Smiles (1946- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Jillian Gell Skinner (1944- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Ms Felicity Leslie Wilson MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "North Shore: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "North Shore: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.