Hornsby New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1927–1991, 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Vacant | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Hornsby, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 55,175 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 320.13 km2 (123.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Electoral district of Hornsby is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor party and always by the Liberals, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other such district being Vaucluse. [lower-alpha 1] It was represented by Matt Kean of the Liberal Party from 2011 until his resignation in 2024 and remains currently vacant pending a by-election.
On its current boundaries, Hornsby takes in the suburbs of Asquith, Berrilee, Berowra, Berowra Heights, Berowra Waters, Brooklyn, Canoelands, Cowan, Dangar Island, Galston, Glenorie, Hornsby Heights, Laughtondale, Mount Colah, Mount Kuring-gai, Singletons Mill, Sunny Corner and parts of Dural, Hornsby, Middle Dural, Pennant Hills, Round Corner, Thompsons Corner and Wisemans Ferry.
First incarnation (1927–1991) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
James Shand [1] | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
United Australia | 1932–1941 | ||
Ind. United Australia | 1941–1941 | ||
Sydney Storey [2] | Ind. United Australia | 1941–1945 | |
Liberal | 1945–1962 | ||
Independent Liberal | 1962–1962 | ||
John Maddison [3] | Liberal | 1962–1973 | |
Neil Pickard [4] | Liberal | 1973–1991 | |
Second incarnation (1999–present) | |||
Stephen O'Doherty [5] | Liberal | 1999–2002 | |
Judy Hopwood [6] | Liberal | 2002–2011 | |
Matt Kean [7] | Liberal | 2011–2024 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Matt Kean | 23,451 | 43.3 | −11.6 | |
Labor | Melissa Hoile | 13,418 | 24.8 | +4.0 | |
Greens | Tania Salitra | 7,738 | 14.3 | +3.3 | |
One Nation | Steve Busch | 4,298 | 7.9 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Grimshaw | 2,125 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Independent | Benjamin Caswell | 1,557 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Sustainable Australia | Justin Thomas | 918 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Adrian Dignam | 661 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 54,166 | 97.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,308 | 2.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,474 | 92.0 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Matt Kean | 26,506 | 58.0 | −8.8 | |
Labor | Melissa Hoile | 19,163 | 42.0 | +8.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.8 |
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