Electoral district of Vaucluse

Vaucluse is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, based on the suburb of Vaucluse. Vaucluse is one of two original (post 1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the opposing Labor party and always by the Liberal Party or its predecessors, the other district being Hornsby. It has been represented in the past by former Leaders of the Opposition Murray Robson and Peter Debnam of the Liberal Party.

Vaucluse New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1927–present
MP	Gabrielle Upton
Party	Liberal Party
Electors	56,448 (2019)
Area	24.62 km^2 (9.5 sq mi)
Electorates around Vaucluse: North Shore North Shore Manly Sydney Vaucluse Pacific Ocean Heffron Coogee Pacific Ocean

Members for Vaucluse

Member		Party	Period
	William Foster	United Australia	1927–1936
	Murray Robson	Independent UAP	1936–1938
		United Australia	1938–1945
		Liberal	1945–1957
	Geoffrey Cox	Liberal	1957–1964
	Keith Doyle	Liberal	1965–1978
	Rosemary Foot	Liberal	1978–1986
	Ray Aston	Liberal	1986–1988
	Michael Yabsley	Liberal	1988–1994
	Peter Debnam	Liberal	1994–2011
	Gabrielle Upton	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

2019 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	26,397	57.36	−8.21
	Greens	Megan McEwin	6,494	14.11	−4.44
	Labor	Lenore Kulakauskas	5,881	12.78	−0.42
	Keep Sydney Open	Mark Macsmith	3,683	8.00	+8.00
	Independent	Miriam Guttman-Jones	2,284	4.96	+4.96
	Animal Justice	Deb Doyle	664	1.44	+1.44
	Sustainable Australia	Kay Dunne	620	1.35	+1.35
Total formal votes			46,023	98.17	+0.62
Informal votes			856	1.83	−0.62
Turnout			46,879	83.05	−2.12
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	28,616	70.58	−4.72
	Labor	Lenore Kulakauskas	11,927	29.42	+4.72
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	28,260	69.32	−3.61
	Greens	Megan McEwin	12,506	30.68	+3.61
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.61

References

1. State Electoral District of Vaucluse: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
2. State Electoral District of Vaucluse: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Vaucluse". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2011.