Electoral district of 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.

Wakehurst
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Created1962
MPBrad Hazzard
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeJohn Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
Electors55,814 (2019)
DemographicUrban
Electorates around Wakehurst:
Davidson Pittwater Pacific Ocean
Davidson Wakehurst Pacific Ocean
Willoughby Manly Manly

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 and Berejiklian governments.

Members for Wakehurst
Member 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
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wakehurst
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Wakehurst[edit]
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
  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.
  2. "The Hon. Richard Owen Healey (1923–2000)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. "Mr Arthur Edward Allanby Viney (1919-2008)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "Mr Thomas Stephen Webster (1950- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. "Mr John David Booth (1950-2011)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  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 22 September 2019.
  8. "Wakehurst: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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