Electoral district of Wakehurst

Wakehurst
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Wakehurst; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	1962
MP	Brad Hazzard
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
Electors	55,814 (2019)
Demographic	Urban
	Electorates around Wakehurst:

The Electoral district of Wakehurst is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It covers a significant part of Sydney's Northern Beaches as well as parts of the Forest District. Created in 1962, it has been won by the Liberal Party at all but two elections over the last half-century.

History[]

Created in 1962, Wakehurst was named in honour of the popular long-serving Governor of New South Wales from 1937 to 1946, Lord Wakehurst. It was held by the Liberal Party from its creation until the 1978 election, when it was won by the Labor Party as part of the first Wranslide. Although the seat is ancestrally Liberal, Labor held the seat until the 1984 election, when the Liberals retook the seat.^[1]

The seat was first won in 1962 by Dick Healey of the Liberal Party. He moved to the new seat of Davidson in 1971. He served as a minister in the Coalition state government from 1973 to 1976, and retired in 1981. Wakehurst was won in 1971 by Allan Viney. He held the seat until his defeat in 1978 by the ALP's Tom Webster. Webster was re-elected at the 1981 election but was defeated in 1984 by Liberal candidate John Booth. Booth held the seat until 1991, when he lost preselection to current member Brad Hazzard.^[1] Hazzard joined the Coalition shadow frontbench after the 1995 election, and served as a minister in the O'Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian and Perrottet governments.

Members for Wakehurst[]

	Party	Period
Dick Healey ^[2]	Liberal	1962–1971
Allan Viney ^[3]	Liberal	1971–1978
Tom Webster ^[4]	Labor	1978–1984
John Booth ^[5]	Liberal	1984–1991
Brad Hazzard ^[6]	Liberal	1991–present

Election results[]

2019 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	28,704	58.93	−4.99
	Labor	Chris Sharpe	8,600	17.65	+2.23
	Greens	Lilith Zaharias	4,867	9.99	−1.97
	Keep Sydney Open	Katika Schultz	1,928	3.96	+3.96
	Animal Justice	Susan Sorensen	1,685	3.46	+3.46
	Independent	Darren Hough	1,606	3.30	+3.30
	Sustainable Australia	Greg Mawson	1,322	2.71	+2.71
Total formal votes			48,712	96.94	+0.39
Informal votes			1,537	3.06	−0.39
Turnout			50,249	90.03	−1.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	30,182	71.00	−4.24
	Labor	Chris Sharpe	12,326	29.00	+4.24
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.24

References[]

^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wakehurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "The Hon. Richard Owen Healey (1923–2000)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Mr Arthur Edward Allanby Viney (1919-2008)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Mr Thomas Stephen Webster (1950- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Mr John David Booth (1950-2011)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
^ "Mr (Brad) Bradley Ronald Hazzard". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ "Wakehurst: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Wakehurst: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

External links[]

"Wakehurst". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

[Green_Wakehurst-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wakehurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[Dick_Healey_NSW_parl-2] "The Hon. Richard Owen Healey (1923–2000)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Allan_Viney_NSW_parl-3] "Mr Arthur Edward Allanby Viney (1919-2008)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Tom_Webster_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Thomas Stephen Webster (1950- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[John_Booth_NSW_parl-5] "Mr John David Booth (1950-2011)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

[Brad_Hazzard_NSW_parl-6] "Mr (Brad) Bradley Ronald Hazzard". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[7] "Wakehurst: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[8] "Wakehurst: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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