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Electoral district of Wakehurst
state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wakehurst is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1962.
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Michael Regan | ||||||||||||||
Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 55,814 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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It is normally a conservative electorate and has been won by the Liberal Party at all but three elections: in 1978 and 1981 it was won by the Labor Party and in 2023 it was won by an independent who was a popular local mayor in a shock victory.
Wakehurst is located in the Forest District of Sydney.