Electoral district of Willoughby
Willoughby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gladys Berejiklian of the Liberal Party, who is the current Premier of New South Wales.
Willoughby New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1894–1920 1927–1988 1991–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Gladys Berejiklian | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,508 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 23.56 km2 (9.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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History
Willoughby was an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of St Leonards, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Willoughby. It was abolished in 1904 and re-established in 1913. In 1920 with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Ryde along with Burwood and Gordon. It was recreated in 1927 with the return to single-member electorates. It was abolished in 1988, with most of its territory becoming Middle Harbour. In 1991, Middle Harbour was abolished and replaced by a recreated Willoughby.[1][2]
Like most seats in the North Shore, Willoughby is a stronghold for the Liberal Party. Counting its time as Middle Harbour, the Liberals or their predecessors have held the seat for all but two terms since the return to single-member seats in 1927. The one break in this tradition came in the "Wranslide" of 1978, when a split in the Liberal vote allowed Labor's Eddie Britt to sweep into office. However, a redistribution ahead of the 1981 election erased Britt's majority and made Willoughby notionally Liberal. Britt narrowly lost to future state opposition leader Peter Collins even in the face of the second "Wranslide."[2]
Since then, Labor has usually run dead in Willoughby, and on some occasions has been pushed into third place. The only time the Liberal hold on the seat has been seriously threatened since the 1980s came on Collins' retirement in 2003. Pat Reilly, the longtime mayor of the City of Willoughby, ran as an independent and nearly defeated Liberal Gladys Berejiklian on Labor preferences. However, the seat reverted to form when Berejiklian easily dispatched Reilly in a rematch. Berejiklian has held the seat without serious difficulty ever since.
Members for Willoughby
First incarnation (1894–1904) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Joseph Cullen [3] | Free Trade | 1894–1894 | |
Edward Clark [4] | Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
George Howarth [5] | Free Trade | 1895–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1903 | ||
Charles Wade [6] | Liberal Reform | 1903–1904 | |
Second incarnation (1913–1920) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Edward Larkin [7] | Labor | 1913–1915 | |
John Haynes [8] | Independent Democrat | 1915–1917 | |
Reginald Weaver [9] | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
Third incarnation (1927–1988) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Edward Sanders [10] | Ind. Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
Nationalist | 1930–1932 | ||
United Australia | 1932–1943 | ||
George Brain [11] | United Australia | 1943–1943 | |
Democratic | 1944–1945 | ||
Liberal | 1945–1968 | ||
Laurie McGinty [12] | Liberal | 1968–1977 | |
Independent Liberal | 1977–1978 | ||
Eddie Britt [13] | Labor | 1978–1981 | |
Peter Collins [14] | Liberal | 1981–1988 | |
Fourth incarnation (1991–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Peter Collins [14] | Liberal | 1991–2003 | |
Gladys Berejiklian [15] | Liberal | 2003–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Gladys Berejiklian | 27,292 | 57.03 | −6.52 | |
Labor | Justin Reiss | 6,875 | 14.37 | −1.50 | |
Greens | Daniel Keogh | 5,342 | 11.16 | −4.71 | |
Independent | Larissa Penn | 4,742 | 9.91 | +9.91 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Tom Crowley | 1,403 | 2.93 | +2.93 | |
Animal Justice | Emma Bennett | 1,040 | 2.17 | +2.17 | |
Sustainable Australia | Greg Graham | 779 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
Flux | Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow | 384 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |
Total formal votes | 47,857 | 98.09 | +0.53 | ||
Informal votes | 934 | 1.91 | −0.53 | ||
Turnout | 48,791 | 89.51 | −0.87 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gladys Berejiklian | 29,142 | 71.03 | −3.44 | |
Labor | Justin Reiss | 11,885 | 28.97 | +3.44 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.44 |
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Willoughby". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Willoughby- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Mr Joseph Francis Cullen (1849-1917)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Mr Edward Mann Clark (1854-1933)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- "Mr George Howarth (1854-1908)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- "Sir Charles Gregory Wade (1863–1922)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- "Mr Edward Rennix Larkin (1880–1915)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Mr John Haynes (1850–1917)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Mr Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver (1876-1945)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Mr Edward Lloyd Sanders (1888–1943)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- "Mr George William Brain (1893-1969)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- "The Hon. Laurence Frederick McGinty (1921–1991)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "Mr Edwin Alfred Britt (1926–2013)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- "The Hon. Peter Edward James Collins (1947- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- "The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- "Willoughby: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Willoughby: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links
- "Willoughby". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 October 2011.