Electoral district of Vaucluse
Vaucluse New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Gabrielle Upton | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,448 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 24.62 km2 (9.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Vaucluse is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, based on the suburb of Vaucluse. Vaucluse is one of two original (post 1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the opposing Labor party and always by the Liberal Party or its predecessors, the other district being Hornsby. It has been represented in the past by former Leaders of the Opposition Murray Robson and Peter Debnam of the Liberal Party.
Members for Vaucluse[]
Member | Party | Period | |
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William Foster | United Australia | 1927–1936 | |
Murray Robson | Independent UAP | 1936–1938 | |
United Australia | 1938–1945 | ||
Liberal | 1945–1957 | ||
Geoffrey Cox | Liberal | 1957–1964 | |
Keith Doyle | Liberal | 1965–1978 | |
Rosemary Foot | Liberal | 1978–1986 | |
Ray Aston | Liberal | 1986–1988 | |
Michael Yabsley | Liberal | 1988–1994 | |
Peter Debnam | Liberal | 1994–2011 | |
Gabrielle Upton | Liberal | 2011–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Gabrielle Upton | 26,397 | 57.36 | −8.21 | |
Greens | Megan McEwin | 6,494 | 14.11 | −4.44 | |
Labor | Lenore Kulakauskas | 5,881 | 12.78 | −0.42 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Mark Macsmith | 3,683 | 8.00 | +8.00 | |
Independent | Miriam Guttman-Jones | 2,284 | 4.96 | +4.96 | |
Animal Justice | Deb Doyle | 664 | 1.44 | +1.44 | |
Sustainable Australia | Kay Dunne | 620 | 1.35 | +1.35 | |
Total formal votes | 46,023 | 98.17 | +0.62 | ||
Informal votes | 856 | 1.83 | −0.62 | ||
Turnout | 46,879 | 83.05 | −2.12 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gabrielle Upton | 28,616 | 70.58 | −4.72 | |
Labor | Lenore Kulakauskas | 11,927 | 29.42 | +4.72 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gabrielle Upton | 28,260 | 69.32 | −3.61 | |
Greens | Megan McEwin | 12,506 | 30.68 | +3.61 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.61 |
References[]
External links[]
- "Vaucluse". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
Categories:
- Electoral districts of New South Wales