Ku-ring-gai is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by the current Premier of New South Wales, Barry O'Farrell of the Liberal Party of Australia, since 1999.
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Ku-ring-gai was created before the 1973 election and was held by Askin, Lewis and Willis government minister John Maddison, who retired in 1980, when it was won by Nick Greiner at a by-election. He held the seat until resigning from Parliament and as Premier in 1992 in the aftermath of the ICAC enquiry into the Metherell affair. He was succeeded by Stephen O'Doherty, who in 1999 chose to follow the majority of his constituents into the re-created seat of Hornsby. Barry O'Farrell became the new Liberal MP for Ku-ring-gai in 1999 after his seat of Northcott was abolished and is now Premier of New South Wales. Ku-ring-gai is currently the safest seat in the NSW Parliament for any member. At the 2011 election, Liberal Barry O'Farrell won the seat with over 80% of the two-party preferred vote.
Ku-ring-gai was is one of three other electorates in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly to have been held by two Premiers of New South Wales while in office. Both Premiers Nick Greiner and incumbent Barry O'Farrell have held Ku-ring-gai while in office, the other two electorates being Wollondilly and Maroubra.
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Maddison | Liberal | 1973—1980 | |
| Nick Greiner | Liberal | 1980—1992 | |
| Stephen O'Doherty | Liberal | 1992—1999 | |
| Barry O'Farrell | Liberal | 1999—present | |
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Ku-ring-gai[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Barry O'Farrell | 33,061 | 72.7 | +7.1 | |
| Greens | Susie Gemmell | 6,395 | 14.1 | +0.9 | |
| Labor | David Armstrong | 3,590 | 7.9 | -5.9 | |
| Save Our Suburbs | William Bourke | 952 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | Witold Wiszniewski | 948 | 2.1 | -1.2 | |
| Outdoor Recreation | Alexander Gutman | 536 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,482 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 794 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 46,276 | 92.7 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Barry O'Farrell | 34,212 | 81.3 | +2.3 | |
| Greens | Susie Gemmell | 7,858 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||