Electoral district of Lane Cove

Lane Cove is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Anthony Roberts of the Liberal Party. The electoral district of Lane Cove encompasses the suburbs and localities of Artarmon, Chatswood West, East Ryde, Gladesville, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Lane Cove, Linley Point, Longueville, Macquarie Park, Monash Park, North Ryde, Northwood, Putney, Riverview, Ryde, St Leonards, Tambourine Bay and Woolwich.[1][2][3]

Lane Cove
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1904–1913, 1927–present
MPAnthony Roberts
PartyLiberal Party
Electors57,185 (2019)
Area37.19 km2 (14.4 sq mi)
Electorates around Lane Cove:
Ryde Ku-ring-gai Davidson
Ryde Lane Cove Willoughby
Drummoyne Drummoyne
Balmain		 North Shore

Members for Lane Cove
First incarnation (1904–1913)
Member Party Term
  David Fell [4] Liberal Reform 1904–1913
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member Party Term
  Bryce Walmsley [5] Nationalist 1927–1930
  Herbert FitzSimons [6] Nationalist 1930–1932
  United Australia 1932–1944
  Henry Woodward [7] Labor 1944–1947
  Ken McCaw [8] Liberal 1947–1975
  John Dowd [9] Liberal 1975–1991
  Kerry Chikarovski [10] Liberal 1991–2003
  Anthony Roberts [11] Liberal 2003–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lane Cove[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove [12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Anthony Roberts 26,388 51.80 −5.35
Labor Andrew Zbik 10,281 20.18 +0.05
Independent Richard Quinn 5,959 11.70 +11.70
Greens Pierre Masse 5,441 10.68 −4.13
Keep Sydney Open Joanne Spiteri 1,836 3.60 +3.60
Sustainable Australia Murray Fleming 1,036 2.03 +2.03
Total formal votes 50,941 97.92 +0.56
Informal votes 1,081 2.08 −0.56
Turnout 52,022 90.97 −0.69
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Anthony Roberts 29,042 64.35 −3.47
Labor Andrew Zbik 16,092 35.65 +3.47
Liberal hold Swing−3.47

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Lane Cove". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Lane Cove- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. "Mr David Fell (1869–1956)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Bryce Crawford Walmsley (1881–1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. "Major Herbert Paton FitzSimons (1898–1970)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. "Mr Henry Phipps John Woodward (1898-1966)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. "Sir Kenneth Malcolm McCaw (1907-1989)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. "The Hon. John Robert Arthur Dowd (1940 - )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. "Mrs Kerry Anne Chikarovski (1956- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. "The Hon. Anthony John Roberts MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  12. "Lane Cove: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  13. "Lane Cove: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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