Electoral district of Hornsby

Hornsby New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
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
Electorates around Hornsby: Hawkesbury Gosford Gosford Hawkesbury Hornsby Pittwater Castle Hill Epping Wahroonga Davidson

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 Liberal Party, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other being Vaucluse. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

It was represented by Matt Kean of the Liberal Party from 2011 until his resignation in 2024, but the seat is vacant pending a by-election on 19 October 2024.

Geography

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.

Members for Hornsby

First incarnation (1927–1991)
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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hornsby

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hornsby.[ edit ]

2023 New South Wales state election: Hornsby ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

References

1. "Major James Barclay Shand (1870–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
2. "Mr Sydney Albert Dawson Storey (1896-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
3. "The Hon. John Clarkson Maddison (1921-1982)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
4. "The Hon. Neil Edward William Pickard (1929-2007)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
5. "Mr Stephen Mark O'Doherty (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
6. "Mrs (Judy) Judith Hopwood (1954- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
7. "Mr (Matt) Matthew John Kean, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 April 2019.
8. LA First Preference: Hornsby, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
9. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Hornsby, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

Notes

1. Many regional seats such as Port Macquarie have never been held by Labor and only by either the Liberals, The Nationals or an independent, but those seats do not count because The Nationals have held them before.

External links

• "Hornsby". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.