Division of North Sydney

North Sydney Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of North Sydney (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1901
MP:	Joe Hockey
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	North Sydney, New South Wales
Area:	48 km² (19 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.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Dugald Thomson	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1901–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
	George Edwards	Commonwealth Liberal	1910–1911
	Granville Ryrie	Commonwealth Liberal	1911–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1922
	Billy Hughes	Nationalist	1922–1929
		Independent Nationalist	1929–1930
		Australian	1930–1931
		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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of North Sydney

Australian federal election, 2010: North Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	51,179	59.71	+7.94
	Labor	Leta Webb	18,961	22.12	-13.15
	Greens	Andrew Robjohns	13,314	15.53	+5.97
	Democrats	Daniel Pearce	1,275	1.49	+1.45
	Family First	Daniel Le	980	1.14	+0.64
Total formal votes			85,709	95.56	-0.72
Informal votes			3,986	4.44	+0.72
Turnout			89,695	91.93	-2.28
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	54,901	64.06	+8.55
	Labor	Leta Webb	30,808	35.94	-8.55
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.55

References

• Division of North Sydney - Australian Electoral Commission