Division of North Sydney

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North Sydney
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1901
MP: Joe Hockey
Party: Liberal
Namesake: North Sydney, New South Wales
Electors: 94,163
Area: 38 km² (14.7 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of North Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division is named after the North Sydney area where it is located. It was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, along with Wentworth, which have never been held by the ALP. It is currently held by former Howard Government Minister Joe Hockey.

The electoral division includes the suburbs of Artarmon, Cammeray, Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Kirribilli, Lane Cove, Lane Cove West, Lavender Bay, Linley Point, Longueville, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Naremburn, Neutral Bay, Northbridge, North Sydney, Northwood, Riverview, St Leonards, Tarban, Waverton, Wollstonecraft, Woolwich and parts of Castlecrag, Gladesville and Willoughby.

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[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Dugald Thomson Free Trade 1901—1910
  George Edwards Commonwealth Liberal 1910—1911
  Granville Ryrie Commonwealth Liberal 1911—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1922
  Billy Hughes Nationalist 1922—1929
  Independent, Australian 1929—1931
  United Australia 1931—1945
  Liberal 1945—1949
  William Jack Liberal 1949—1966
  Bill Graham Liberal 1966—1980
  John Spender Liberal 1980—1990
  Ted Mack Independent 1990—1996
  Joe Hockey Liberal 1996—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Hockey 44,177 51.81 -4.42
Labor Mike Bailey 30,372 35.62 +8.35
Greens Ted Nixon 7,851 9.21 -3.12
Climate Change Coalition Barry Thompson 1,119 1.31 +1.31
Christian Democrats Arie Baalbergen 621 0.73 +0.73
Independent Marcus Aussie-Stone 526 0.62 +0.62
Family First John Cafferatta 352 0.41 +0.39
Citizens Electoral Council Kundan Misra 245 0.29 +0.29
Total formal votes 85,263 96.53 +0.19
Informal votes 3,061 3.47 -0.19
Turnout 88,324 93.80 +0.18
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joe Hockey 47,222 55.38 -4.66
Labor Mike Bailey 38,041 44.62 +4.66
Liberal hold Swing -4.66
Australian federal election, 2004: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joe Hockey 45,105 56.24 -0.72
Labor Fran Teirney 21,864 27.26 +2.79
Greens Ted Nixon 9,890 12.33 +4.67
Independent Edwina Mary Cowdery 1,884 2.35 +2.35
Democrats Jan de Voogd 1,456 1.82 -6.44
Total formal votes 80,199 96.35 +0.37
Informal votes 3,034 3.65 -0.37
Turnout 83,233 93.43 +0.71
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joe Hockey 48,145 60.03 -3.19
Labor Fran Teirney 32,054 39.97 +3.19
Liberal hold Swing -3.19

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