Electoral district of North Shore

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.

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	55,332 (2019)
Area	25.09 km^2 (9.7 sq mi)
Electorates around North Shore: Lane Cove Willoughby Manly Balmain Lane Cove North Shore Vaucluse Balmain Sydney Vaucluse

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.[1]

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. Labor has never tallied more than 37 percent of the two-party vote. In the last four elections, Labor candidates have been pushed into third place, and have struggled to get to 20 percent of the primary vote.

The seat is almost entirely within the blue-ribbon federal seat of North Sydney.

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 [2]	Ind. Nationalist	1920–1922		Arthur Cocks [3]	Nationalist	1920–1925		Reginald Weaver [4]	Nationalist	1920–1925		Richard Arthur [5]	Nationalist	1920–1927		Cecil Murphy [6]	Labor	1920–1927
		Nationalist	1922–1922
	William Fell [7]	Independent Coalitionist	1922–1927
					Alick Kay [8]	Independent	1925–1926		Alfred Reid [2]	Nationalist	1925–1927
					Arthur Tonge [9]	Labor	1926–1927

Single-member (1981–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ted Mack [10]	Independent	1981–1988
	Robyn Read [11]	Independent	1988–1991
	Phillip Smiles [12]	Liberal	1991–1993
	Jillian Skinner [13]	Liberal	1994–2017
	Felicity Wilson [14]	Liberal	2017–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: North Shore [15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Felicity Wilson	22,261	46.60	−11.46
	Independent	Carolyn Corrigan	9,341	19.55	+19.55
	Labor	Michael Lester	5,900	12.35	−1.44
	Greens	Toby Pettigrew	5,393	11.29	−3.32
	Keep Sydney Open	Colin Furphy	1,993	4.17	+4.17
	Animal Justice	Olivia Bouchier	827	1.73	+1.73
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Gunning	785	1.64	+1.64
	Sustainable Australia	Victoria Boast	661	1.38	+1.38
	Conservatives	Jeffrey Grimshaw	613	1.28	+1.28
Total formal votes			47,774	98.52	+0.48
Informal votes			719	1.48	−0.48
Turnout			48,493	87.64	−0.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Felicity Wilson	25,032	67.85	−4.07
	Labor	Michael Lester	11,863	32.15	+4.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Felicity Wilson	23,917	61.13	−10.06
	Independent	Carolyn Corrigan	15,209	38.87	+38.87
	Liberal hold

References

1. "North Shore". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "Mr Alfred Albert Edward Ernest (Theodore Muswellbrooke Orlando) Vassa Reid (1867–1945)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
3. "Sir (Alfred) Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (1862-1943)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
4. "Mr Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver (1876-1945)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
5. "Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
6. "Mr Cecil Horace Murphy". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
7. "Mr William Scott Fell (1866-1930)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. "Mr Alick Dudley Kay (1884-1961)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
9. "Mr Arthur Tonge (1887-1963)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
10. "Mr (Ted) Edward Carrington Mack (1933–2018)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
11. "Ms Robyn Read". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
12. "Mr Phillip Murray Smiles (1946- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
13. "Mrs Jillian Gell Skinner (1944- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
14. "Ms Felicity Leslie Wilson MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
15. "North Shore: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
16. "North Shore: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.