Electoral district of Hornsby

Electoral district of Hornsby is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor party and always by the Liberals, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other such district being Vaucluse. It is represented by Matt Kean of the Liberal Party.

Hornsby
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Created1927–1991, 1999–present
MPMatt Kean
PartyLiberal Party
Electors55,175 (2019)
Area320.13 km2 (123.6 sq mi)
Electorates around Hornsby:
Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Gosford
Hawkesbury Hornsby Pittwater
Castle Hill Epping Ku-ring-gai

Members for Hornsby

First incarnation (1927–1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  James Shand[1] Nationalist 1927–1932
  United Australia 1932–1941
  Independent UAP 1941–1941
  Sydney Storey[2] Independent UAP 1941–1945
  Liberal 1945–1962
  Independent Liberal 1962–1962
  John Maddison[3] Liberal 1962–1973
  Neil Pickard[4] Liberal 1973–1991
Second incarnation (1999–present)
  Stephen O'Doherty[5] Liberal 1999–2002
  Judy Hopwood[6] Liberal 2002–2011
  Matt Kean[7] Liberal 2011–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Hornsby[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Matt Kean 26,269 52.53 −5.84
Labor Katie Gompertz 9,683 19.36 +0.01
Greens Joe Nicita 6,131 12.26 −1.63
Independent Mick Gallagher 2,287 4.57 −0.20
One Nation Emma Eros 2,250 4.50 +4.50
Keep Sydney Open Hayden Gray 1,192 2.38 +2.38
Conservatives Andrew Isaac 893 1.79 +1.79
Sustainable Australia Justin Thomas 835 1.67 +1.67
Independent John Murray 463 0.93 +0.93
Total formal votes 50,003 97.53 −0.19
Informal votes 1,268 2.47 +0.19
Turnout 51,271 92.92 −0.46
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Matt Kean 28,700 66.30 −2.64
Labor Katie Gompertz 14,585 33.70 +2.64
Liberal hold Swing−2.64

References

  1. "Major James Barclay Shand (1870–1944)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "Mr Sydney Albert Dawson Storey (1896-1966)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "The Hon. John Clarkson Maddison (1921-1982)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "The Hon. Neil Edward William Pickard (1929-2007)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Stephen Mark O'Doherty (1959- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Mrs (Judy) Judith Hopwood (1954- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. "Mr (Matt) Matthew John Kean, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  8. "Hornsby: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  9. "Hornsby: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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