Electoral district of Vaucluse

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.

Vaucluse
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1927–present
MPGabrielle Upton
PartyLiberal Party
Electors56,448 (2019)
Area24.62 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Electorates around Vaucluse:
North Shore North Shore Manly
Sydney Vaucluse Pacific Ocean
Heffron Coogee Pacific Ocean

Members for Vaucluse
Member Party Period
  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
See also: Electoral results for the district of Vaucluse
2019 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
  1. State Electoral District of Vaucluse: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  2. State Electoral District of Vaucluse: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  • "Vaucluse". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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