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Electoral district of Wakehurst

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Wakehurst
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Created1962
MPMichael Regan
PartyIndependent
NamesakeJohn Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
Electors55,814 (2019)
DemographicUrban
Electorates around Wakehurst:
Pittwater Pittwater Pacific Ocean
Davidson Wakehurst Pacific Ocean
Willoughby Manly Manly

Wakehurst is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1962.

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[change]

2023 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst[1][2][3][4]
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[change]

  1. ↑ LA First Preference: Wakehurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wakehurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Summer Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference redistribution-analysis was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
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