Electoral district of Wakehurst
Wakehurst is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1962.
| Wakehurst New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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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.
Election results
| 2023 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst[1][2][3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Toby Williams | 18,940 | 36.9 | −23.0 | |
| Independent | Michael Regan | 18,430 | 35.9 | +35.9 | |
| Labor | Sue Wright | 7,617 | 14.8 | −2.1 | |
| Greens | Ethan Hrnjak | 4,000 | 7.8 | −2.4 | |
| Animal Justice | Susan Sorensen | 1,220 | 2.4 | −0.8 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Greg Mawson | 1,127 | 2.2 | −0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 51,334 | 97.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,353 | 2.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 52,687 | 90.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Toby Williams | 23,685 | 59.6 | −12.3 | |
| Labor | Sue Wright | 16,054 | 40.4 | +12.3 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Michael Regan | 24,589 | 54.5 | +54.5 | |
| Liberal | Toby Williams | 20,555 | 45.5 | −26.4 | |
| Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | +54.5 | |||
References
- ↑ LA First Preference: Wakehurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wakehurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Summer Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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