Electoral district of Lane Cove

Lane Cove New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1904–1913, 1927–present
MP	Anthony Roberts
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Lane Cove
Electors	58,580 (2023)
Area	36.56 km2 (14.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Electorates around Lane Cove: Ryde Wahroonga Davidson Ryde Lane Cove Willoughby Drummoyne Drummoyne Balmain North Shore

Lane Cove is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Anthony Roberts of the Liberal Party.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Lane Cove encompasses the suburbs and localities of Artarmon, Chatswood West, East Ryde, Gladesville, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Lane Cove, Linley Point, Longueville, Macquarie Park, Monash Park, North Ryde, Northwood, Putney, Riverview, Ryde, St Leonards, Tambourine Bay and Woolwich. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members for Lane Cove

First incarnation (1904–1913)
Member		Party	Term
	David Fell   [4]	Liberal Reform	1904–1913
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bryce Walmsley   [5]	Nationalist	1927–1930
	Herbert FitzSimons   [6]	Nationalist	1930–1932
		United Australia	1932–1944
	Henry Woodward   [7]	Labor	1944–1947
	Ken McCaw   [8]	Liberal	1947–1975
	John Dowd   [9]	Liberal	1975–1991
	Kerry Chikarovski   [10]	Liberal	1991–2003
	Anthony Roberts   [11]	Liberal	2003–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	23,463	45.1	−7.2
	Labor	Penelope Pedersen	12,469	24.0	+3.8
	Independent	Victoria Davidson	10,608	20.4	+20.4
	Greens	Heather Armstrong	4,331	8.3	−2.1
	Sustainable Australia	Ben Wise	1,189	2.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			52,060	98.1	+0.1
Informal votes			1,026	1.9	−0.1
Turnout			53,086	90.6	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	26,245	55.5	−9.2
	Labor	Penelope Pedersen	21,047	44.5	+9.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.2

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Lane Cove". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
2. "Lane Cove- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 23 October 2019.
3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. "Mr David Fell (1869–1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
5. "Mr Bryce Crawford Walmsley (1881–1930)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
6. "Major Herbert Paton FitzSimons (1898–1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
7. "Mr Henry Phipps John Woodward (1898-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
8. "Sir Kenneth Malcolm McCaw (1907-1989)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
9. "The Hon. John Robert Arthur Dowd (1940 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
10. "Mrs Kerry Anne Chikarovski (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
11. "The Hon. Anthony John Roberts MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
12. LA First Preference: Lane Cove, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
13. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Lane Cove, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

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