Electoral district of Wahroonga

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Wahroonga
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Wahroonga.svg
Electoral district of Wahroonga
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Created2023
MP Alister Henskens
Party Liberal
Namesake Wahroonga
Electors 58,521 (2020)
Area50.28 km2 (19.4 sq mi)
Electorates around Wahroonga:
Hornsby Hornsby Davidson
Hornsby Wahroonga Davidson
Epping Ryde Lane Cove

Wahroonga is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is due to be contested for the first time at the 2023 election. [1]

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It is an urban electorate on Sydney's upper North Shore, taking in the suburbs of Normanhurst, North Wahroonga, South Turramurra, Thornleigh, Wahroonga, Waitara, Warrawee, West Pymble, Westleigh and parts of Hornsby, Pennant Hills, Pymble and Turramurra. [2]

Wahroonga was created as a result of the 2021 redistribution and largely replaces the abolished electorate of Ku-ring-gai. Based on the results of the 2019 election, it is a safe seat for the Liberal Party with an estimated notional margin of 19.0 percent. [3]

Members for Wahroonga

MemberPartyTerm
  Alister Henskens Liberal 2023–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Wahroonga [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alister Henskens 20,55150.1−8.0
Labor Parsia Abedini9,53023.2+4.0
Greens Tim Dashwood5,77414.1+1.2
Independent Kristyn Haywood3,9379.6+9.6
Sustainable Australia Stephen Molloy1,2173.00.0
Total formal votes41,00998.0+0.2
Informal votes8562.0−0.2
Turnout 41,86570.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alister Henskens 22,47160.5−8.5
Labor Parsia Abedini14,66939.5+8.5
Liberal hold Swing −8.5
Results are not final. Last updated at 23:29 on 27 March 2023.

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References

  1. "Redistribution of electoral districts 2021" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. "Other (410)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 26 August 2021. p. 2021:1812. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  3. Green, Antony. "2020/21 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Final Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. LA First Preference: Wahroonga, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wahroonga, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.