Electoral district of Ku-ring-gai
Ku-ring-gai New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location within Sydney | |
State | New South Wales |
Created | 1973 |
MP | Alister Henskens |
Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Namesake | Kuringgai |
Electors | 49,900 (2011) |
Demographic | Urban |
Ku-ring-gai is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Alister Henskens of the Liberal Party of Australia. The electorate covers the suburbs and parts of the suburbs of Gordon, Hornsby, Killara, Lindfield, Normanhurst, North Turramurra, North Wahroonga, Pymble, Roseville, South Turramurra, Turramurra, Wahroonga, Waitara, Warrawee, West Killara and West Pymble.[1]
Electorate History
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 the former Premier of New South Wales.
It has always been a comfortably safe Liberal seat, and is currently the safest seat in the NSW Parliament. At the 2011 election O'Farrell was reelected with over 80% of the two-party preferred vote.
Ku-ring-gai 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 Barry O'Farrell have held Ku-ring-gai while in office, the other two electorates being Wollondilly and Maroubra.
Members for Ku-ring-gai
Member | Party | Period | |
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John Maddison | Liberal | 1973–1980 | |
Nick Greiner | Liberal | 1980–1992 | |
Stephen O'Doherty | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
Barry O'Farrell | Liberal | 1999–2015 | |
Alister Henskens | Liberal | 2015–present |
Election results
New South Wales state election, 2015: Ku-ring-gai[2][3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Alister Henskens | 30,294 | 62.5 | −10.3 | |
Labor | David Armstrong | 7,927 | 16.4 | +8.5 | |
Greens | Pippa McInnes | 7,650 | 15.8 | +1.9 | |
Christian Democrats | John Archer | 1,375 | 2.8 | +0.7 | |
No Land Tax | Len Gervay | 1,192 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 48,438 | 97.6 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,185 | 2.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,623 | 92.8 | +1.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alister Henskens | 31,954 | 73.0 | −13.9 | |
Labor | David Armstrong | 11,832 | 27.0 | +13.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −13.9 | |||
References
- ↑ "District profiles > Ku-ring-gai". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Ku-ring-gai: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Ku-ring-gai: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
External links
- "Ku-ring-gai". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-10-08.