Electoral results for the district of Ku-ring-gai

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Ku-ring-gai, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1973 and has always been held by the Liberal Party. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Members for Ku-ring-gai

ElectionMemberParty
1973   John Maddison Liberal
1976
1978
1980 by Nick Greiner
1981
1984
1988
1991
1992 by Stephen O'Doherty
1995
1999 Barry O'Farrell
2003
2007
2011
2015 Alister Henskens
2019

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alister Henskens 29,36960.27−2.27
Labor Amanda Keeling8,89118.25+1.88
Greens Qiu Yue (Viki) Zhang6,31512.96−2.83
Sustainable Australia Mark Ferris1,6363.36+3.36
Keep Sydney Open Liam Blood1,4663.01+3.01
Liberal Democrats Mitchell Strahan1,0532.16+2.16
Total formal votes48,73097.79+0.18
Informal votes1,1012.21−0.18
Turnout 49,83191.53−1.22
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alister Henskens 31,02770.52−2.46
Labor Amanda Keeling12,96929.48+2.46
Liberal hold Swing −2.46

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alister Henskens 30,29462.5−10.3
Labor David Armstrong7,92716.4+8.5
Greens Pippa McInnes7,65015.8+1.9
Christian Democrats John Archer1,3752.8+0.7
No Land Tax Len Gervay1,1922.5+2.5
Total formal votes48,43897.6−0.3
Informal votes1,1852.4+0.3
Turnout 49,62392.8+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alister Henskens 31,95473.0−13.9
Labor David Armstrong11,83227.0+13.9
Liberal hold Swing −13.9

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 33,06172.7+7.1
Greens Susie Gemmell6,39514.1+0.9
Labor David Armstrong3,5907.9-5.9
Save Our State William Bourke9522.1+2.1
Christian Democrats Witold Wiszniewski9482.1-1.2
Outdoor Recreation Alexander Gutman 5361.2+1.2
Total formal votes45,48298.3+0.3
Informal votes7941.7-0.3
Turnout 46,27692.7
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 34,90487.0+8.0
Labor David Armstrong5,23613.0–8.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 34,21281.3+2.3
Greens Susie Gemmell7,85818.7+18.7
Liberal hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 27,83165.6+7.4
Labor Adrian Macarthur-King5,83913.8-7.3
Greens Susie Gemmell5,59213.2+1.2
Christian Democrats Witold Wiszniewski1,4023.3+0.3
Democrats Jeannette Tsoulos1,0022.4+0.4
Unity Michael Sun7901.9-0.9
Total formal votes42,45698.0-0.2
Informal votes8572.0+0.2
Turnout 43,31392.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 29,93979.0+10.3
Labor Adrian Macarthur-King7,96521.0-10.3
Liberal hold Swing +10.3

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 24,79661.1+4.8
Labor Andrew Hewitt7,54818.6-1.8
Greens Susie Gemmell5,06412.5+7.5
Unity Chiming Shea1,1842.9+2.9
Christian Democrats Witold Wiszniewski1,1652.9-1.3
Democrats Ian Boyd8212.0-7.3
Total formal votes40,57898.4+0.1
Informal votes6801.6-0.1
Turnout 41,25891.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 26,58271.6+1.6
Labor Andrew Hewitt10,54328.4-1.6
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 22,70856.3-10.1
Labor Jan Butland8,24120.4+7.2
Democrats Neil Halliday3,7699.3+1.4
Greens Andrew Burke2,0045.0+1.4
Christian Democrats Matthew Ayres1,6984.2+2.8
One Nation Robert Webeck1,4163.5+3.5
Against Further Immigration Mick Chehoff3790.9+0.3
Natural Law John Ryder1000.2+0.2
Total formal votes40,31598.3+1.3
Informal votes7101.7-1.3
Turnout 41,02592.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry O'Farrell 25,29870.0-8.3
Labor Jan Butland10,82630.0+8.3
Liberal hold Swing -8.3

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen O'Doherty 20,27157.1-5.4
Labor Elizabeth Priestly7,06719.9+1.6
Independent Mick Gallagher5,93216.7+8.7
Democrats Colin Ward1,6334.6-4.5
Call to Australia Alex Sharah6241.8-0.5
Total formal votes35,52796.6+2.9
Informal votes1,2513.4-2.9
Turnout 36,77893.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stephen O'Doherty 22,91269.0-3.7
Labor Elizabeth Priestly10,29031.0+3.7
Liberal hold Swing -3.7

1992 by-election

1992 Ku-ring-gai by-election
Saturday 22 August [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen O'Doherty 14,75547.85-14.57
Independent Mick Gallagher9,72531.54+23.54
Independent Ted Roach5,44217.65+8.57
Call to Australia Robert Taylor9142.96+0.73
Total formal votes30,83695.74+2.00
Informal votes1,3714.26-2.00
Turnout 32,20782.68-11.39
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Stephen O'Doherty 16,16755.09-17.62
Independent Mick Gallagher13,18244.91+44.91
Liberal hold Swing -17.62
Nick Greiner (Liberal) resigned after the scandal known as the 'Metherell affair'. [14]

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Greiner 20,58862.4-3.9
Labor Sue Deane6,02318.3-10.2
Democrats Ted Roach2,9959.1+9.1
Independent Mick Gallagher2,6388.0+8.0
Call to Australia Robert Taylor7372.2+2.2
Total formal votes32,98193.7-3.6
Informal votes2,2036.3+3.6
Turnout 35,18494.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Greiner 22,49172.7+3.8
Labor Sue Deane8,44127.3-3.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Greiner 23,87979.7+3.5
Labor Anna Booth6,09720.3+2.6
Total formal votes29,97697.7-0.8
Informal votes7182.3+0.8
Turnout 30,69493.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.3

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Greiner 24,27177.8+11.2
Labor Ian Cameron5,09616.3-7.2
Democrats Pamela Tuckwell1,8295.9-4.1
Total formal votes31,19698.4+0.9
Informal votes5001.6-0.9
Turnout 31,69692.5+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Greiner 80.9+10.1
Labor Ian Cameron19.1-10.1
Liberal hold Swing +10.1

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Greiner 19,75066.6+1.1
Labor Ian Cameron6,97023.5-11.0
Democrats Pamela Tuckwell2,9549.9+9.9
Total formal votes29,67497.5
Informal votes7642.5
Turnout 30,43890.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Greiner 20,55070.8+5.3
Labor Ian Cameron8,47029.2-5.3
Liberal hold Swing +5.3

1980 by-election

1980 Ku-ring-gai by-election
Saturday 13 September [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Greiner 15,68168.7+3.2
Independent Brian Buckley7,15231.3
Total formal votes22,83396.1-1.9
Informal votes9173.9+1.9
Turnout 23,75071.1-19.9
Liberal hold Swing +3.2 [lower-alpha 1]
John Maddison (Liberal) resigned [19] .

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Maddison 19,35065.5-7.5
Labor Ian Cameron10,20534.5+14.1
Total formal votes29,55598.0-0.9
Informal votes5922.0+0.9
Turnout 30,14791.0-1.5
Liberal hold Swing -12.2

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Maddison 21,60573.0-4.6
Labor Ian Cameron6,02020.4+2.5
Workers David Griffiths1,9606.6+6.6
Total formal votes29,58598.9+0.8
Informal votes3161.1-0.8
Turnout 29,90192.5-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Maddison 22,97777.7-3.5
Labor Ian Cameron6,60822.3+3.5
Liberal hold Swing -3.5

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Ku-ring-gai [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Maddison 21,35777.6
Labor Ian Cameron4,93217.9
Democratic Labor Norma Boyle1,2354.5
Total formal votes27,52498.1
Informal votes5251.9
Turnout 28,04992.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Maddison 22,34581.2+0.1
Labor Ian Cameron5,17918.8-0.1
Liberal notional  hold Swing +0.1
Ku-ring-gai was a new seat with a notional Liberal majority.

Notes

  1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1978 Ku-ring-gai election.

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