Electoral district of Vaucluse

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Vaucluse
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Vaucluse.svg
Electoral district of Vaucluse
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1927–present
MP Kellie Sloane
Party Liberal Party
Namesake Vaucluse
Electors 56,448 (2019)
Area24.62 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Vaucluse:
North Shore North Shore Manly
Sydney Vaucluse Pacific Ocean
Heffron Coogee Pacific Ocean

Vaucluse is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located east of the Sydney central business district in the affluent Eastern Suburbs. It is named after the suburb of Vaucluse.

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Vaucluse is one of two original (post-1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the opposing Labor party and always by the Liberal Party or its predecessors, the other district being Hornsby. It has been represented in the past by former Leaders of the Opposition Murray Robson and Peter Debnam of the Liberal Party.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Vaucluse takes in the suburbs of Bellevue Hill, Bondi Beach, Darling Point, Double Bay, Dover Heights, North Bondi, Point Piper, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Watsons Bay, Woollahra and parts of Bondi, Centennial Park, Edgecliff and Rushcutters Bay.

Members for Vaucluse

MemberPartyPeriod
  William Foster United Australia 1927–1936
  Murray Robson Ind. United Australia 1936–1938
  United Australia 1938–1945
  Liberal 1945–1957
  Geoffrey Cox Liberal 1957–1964
  Keith Doyle Liberal 1965–1978
  Rosemary Foot Liberal 1978–1986
  Ray Aston Liberal 1986–1988
  Michael Yabsley Liberal 1988–1994
  Peter Debnam Liberal 1994–2011
  Gabrielle Upton Liberal 2011–2023
  Kellie Sloane Liberal 2023–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kellie Sloane 24,18450.1−6.8
Independent Karen Freyer8,23617.1+17.1
Labor Margaret Merten7,33615.2+2.5
Greens Dominic Wy Kanak5,63211.7−2.1
Liberal Democrats Gail Stevens1,1662.4+2.4
Sustainable Australia Kay Dunne8631.8+0.4
Animal Justice Edward Cameron8461.8+0.4
Total formal votes48,26397.9−0.3
Informal votes1,0552.1+0.3
Turnout 49,31883.1−0.7
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Kellie Sloane 26,57465.6−5.0
Labor Margaret Merten13,96034.4+5.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Kellie Sloane 25,76362.9−6.5
Independent Karen Freyer15,20637.1+37.1
Liberal hold 

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References

  1. LA First Preference: Vaucluse, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Vaucluse, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.