Wahroonga New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Alister Henskens | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Wahroonga | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 58,521 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 50.28 km2 (19.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Alister Henskens | Liberal | 2023–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alister Henskens | 20,551 | 50.1 | −8.0 | |
Labor | Parsia Abedini | 9,530 | 23.2 | +4.0 | |
Greens | Tim Dashwood | 5,774 | 14.1 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Kristyn Haywood | 3,937 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Sustainable Australia | Stephen Molloy | 1,217 | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 41,009 | 98.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 856 | 2.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,865 | 70.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alister Henskens | 22,471 | 60.5 | −8.5 | |
Labor | Parsia Abedini | 14,669 | 39.5 | +8.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.5 |
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