Electoral district of North Shore

North Shore New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1920–1927 1981–present
MP	Felicity Wilson
Party	Liberal
Electors	55,407 (2017)
Area	25.09 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Electorates around North Shore: Lane Cove Willoughby Manly Balmain Lane Cove North Shore Vaucluse Balmain Sydney Vaucluse

North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on Sydney's lower North Shore. It is currently held by Liberal MP Felicity Wilson.

History

North Shore was originally created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Middle Harbour, Mosman, St Leonards and Willoughby and named after the North Shore of Sydney Harbour. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Lane Cove, Manly, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1981, replacing Kirribilli.

It was originally expected to be a very safe Liberal seat; northern Sydney has been the power base for the Liberals and their predecessors for over a century. However, it was held by independents from 1981 to 1991—most notably Ted Mack from 1981 to 1988. The Liberals did not take the seat until 1991, but have held it with virtually no difficulty since then.

While Labor frequently runs dead in northern Sydney, North Shore is very unfriendly territory for Labor even by northern Sydney standards. In the last three elections, Labor candidates have been pushed into third place, and have struggled to get to 20 percent of the primary vote.

Members for North Shore

Five members (1920—1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Reid	Independent Nationalist	1920–1922		(Sir) Arthur Cocks	Nationalist	1920–1925		Reginald Weaver	Nationalist	1920–1925		Richard Arthur	Nationalist	1920–1927		Cecil Murphy	Labor	1920–1927
		Nationalist	1922–1922
	William Fell	Independent Nationalist	1922–1927
					Alick Kay	Independent	1925–1926		Alfred Reid	Nationalist	1925–1927
					Arthur Tonge	Labor	1926–1927

Single-member (1981—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ted Mack	Independent	1981–1988
	Robyn Read	Independent	1988–1991
	Phillip Smiles	Liberal	1991–1993
	Jillian Skinner	Liberal	1994–2017
	Felicity Wilson	Liberal	2017–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of North Shore

North Shore state by-election, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Felicity Wilson	18,081	42.8	−15.3
	Independent	Carolyn Corrigan	10,122	23.9	+23.9
	Greens	Justin Alick	6,723	15.9	+1.3
	Independent	Ian Mutton	3,456	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	Harry Fine	1,182	2.8	+2.8
	Voluntary Euthanasia	Brian Beaumont Owles	998	2.4	+2.4
	Animal Justice	Ila Lessing	911	2.2	+2.2
	Christian Democrats	Silvana Nile	819	1.9	+1.1
Total formal votes			42,292	98.1	+0.0
Informal votes			837	1.9	−0.0
Turnout			43,129	78.8	−9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Felicity Wilson	19,733	54.7	−16.5
	Independent	Carolyn Corrigan	16,334	45.3	+45.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 2015: North Shore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	26,853	58.1	−9.3
	Greens	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	6,755	14.6	−5.6
	Labor	James Wheeldon	6,378	13.8	+3.0
	Independent	Stephen Ruff	4,655	10.1	+10.1
	Cyclists	Pip Vice	838	1.8	+1.8
	No Land Tax	Moya Kertesz	390	0.8	+0.8
	Christian Democrats	Giuseppe Rotiroti	386	0.8	−0.9
Total formal votes			46,255	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			926	2.0	−0.4
Turnout			47,181	88.2	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	28,874	71.9	−8.5
	Labor	James Wheeldon	11,278	28.1	+8.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	28,613	71.2	−2.1
	Greens	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	11,579	28.8	+2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.1

External links

• "North Shore". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2015.