Davidson is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Matt Cross of the Liberal Party.
| Davidson New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Matt Cross | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Sir Walter Davidson | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 54,940 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 74.71 km2 (28.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Covering parts of Sydney's Northern Beaches and North Shore regions, it spills across portions of the Northern Beaches Council and Ku-ring-gai Council LGAs.
Davidson includes portions of two of the most Liberal-supporting areas of Sydney, and has been in the hands of the Liberal Party for its entire existence. While Labor frequently runs dead in northern Sydney, Davidson is especially hostile territory for Labor. The only times that Labor has even remotely threatened the Liberals' hold on the seat came during the two "Wranslides" in 1978 and 1981, which were the only times that the Liberals have failed to win at least 60 percent of the two-party-preferred vote. However, even on those occasions, the Liberals won enough primary votes to retain the seat outright. Since the 1990s, Labor has been lucky to get 30 percent of the two-party-preferred vote, and has even been pushed into third place on some occasions.
Members for Davidson
edit| Member | Party | Period | |
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| Dick Healey [1] | Liberal | 1971–1981 | |
| Terry Metherell [2] | Liberal | 1981–1991 | |
| Independent | 1991–1992 | ||
| Andrew Humpherson [3] | Liberal | 1992–2007 | |
| Jonathan O'Dea [4] | Liberal | 2007–2023 | |
| Matt Cross | Liberal | 2023–present | |
Geography
editOn its current boundaries, Davidson includes all of the namesake suburb of Davidson, as well as North Turramurra, St Ives, St Ives Chase, Killara, East Killara, Lindfield, East Lindfield, Roseville and Roseville Chase. It also includes parts of Turramurra, Belrose, Frenchs Forest, and Pymble.
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Matt Cross | 28,865 | 54.1 | −10.3 | |
| Labor | Karyn Edelstein | 10,917 | 20.5 | +6.3 | |
| Independent | Janine Kitson | 6,080 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
| Greens | Caroline Atkinson | 6,060 | 11.4 | −2.1 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Andrew Wills | 1,397 | 2.6 | −1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 53,319 | 97.8 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,196 | 2.2 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 54,515 | 91.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Matt Cross | 30,821 | 63.9 | −10.9 | |
| Labor | Karyn Edelstein | 17,393 | 36.1 | +10.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −10.9 | |||
References
edit- ^ "The Hon. Richard Owen Healey (1923–2000)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Terry Alan Metherell (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Andrew Humpherson, MP (1960- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Jonathan Richard O'Dea, BA, LLM, MBA MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Davidson, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Davidson, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
External links
edit- "Davidson". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.