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State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Davidson is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Matt Cross of the Liberal Party.
Davidson New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Matt Cross | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Sir Walter Davidson | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,940 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 74.71 km2 (28.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Covering parts of Sydney's Northern Beaches and North Shore regions, it spills across portions of the Northern Beaches Council and Ku-ring-gai Council LGAs.
Davidson includes portions of two of the most Liberal-supporting areas of Sydney, and has been in the hands of the Liberal Party for its entire existence. While Labor frequently runs dead in northern Sydney, Davidson is especially hostile territory for Labor. The only times that Labor has even remotely threatened the Liberals' hold on the seat came during the two "Wranslides" in 1978 and 1981, which were the only times that the Liberals have failed to win at least 60 percent of the two-party-preferred vote. However, even on those occasions, the Liberals won enough primary votes to retain the seat outright. Since the 1990s, Labor has been lucky to get 30 percent of the two-party-preferred vote, and has even been pushed into third place on some occasions.
Member | Party | Period | |
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Dick Healey [1] | Liberal | 1971–1981 | |
Terry Metherell [2] | Liberal | 1981–1991 | |
Independent | 1991–1992 | ||
Andrew Humpherson [3] | Liberal | 1992–2007 | |
Jonathan O'Dea [4] | Liberal | 2007–2023 | |
Matt Cross | Liberal | 2023–present |
On its current boundaries, Davidson includes all of the namesake suburb of Davidson, as well as North Turramurra, St Ives, St Ives Chase, Killara, East Killara, Lindfield, East Lindfield, Roseville and Roseville Chase. It also includes parts of Turramurra, Belrose, Frenchs Forest, and Pymble.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Matt Cross | 28,865 | 54.1 | −10.3 | |
Labor | Karyn Edelstein | 10,917 | 20.5 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Janine Kitson | 6,080 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Greens | Caroline Atkinson | 6,060 | 11.4 | −2.1 | |
Sustainable Australia | Andrew Wills | 1,397 | 2.6 | −1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 53,319 | 97.8 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,196 | 2.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,515 | 91.1 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Matt Cross | 30,821 | 63.9 | −10.9 | |
Labor | Karyn Edelstein | 17,393 | 36.1 | +10.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.9 |
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