Electoral district of Hornsby

Electoral district of Hornsby is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor party and always by the Liberals, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other such district being Vaucluse.[lower-alpha 1] It is represented by Matt Kean of the Liberal Party.

Hornsby
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Created1927–1991, 1999–present
MPMatt Kean
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeHornsby, New South Wales
Electors55,175 (2019)
Area320.13 km2 (123.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Electorates around Hornsby:
Hawkesbury Gosford Gosford
Hawkesbury Hornsby Pittwater
Castle Hill Epping Wahroonga
Davidson

Members for Hornsby
First incarnation (1927–1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  James Shand [1] Nationalist 1927–1932
  United Australia 1932–1941
  Independent UAP 1941–1941
  Sydney Storey [2] Independent UAP 1941–1945
  Liberal 1945–1962
  Independent Liberal 1962–1962
  John Maddison [3] Liberal 1962–1973
  Neil Pickard [4] Liberal 1973–1991
Second incarnation (1999–present)
  Stephen O'Doherty [5] Liberal 1999–2002
  Judy Hopwood [6] Liberal 2002–2011
  Matt Kean [7] Liberal 2011–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hornsby
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Hornsby.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Hornsby[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Matt Kean 23,451 43.3 −11.6
Labor Melissa Hoile 13,418 24.8 +4.0
Greens Tania Salitra 7,738 14.3 +3.3
One Nation Steve Busch 4,298 7.9 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Grimshaw 2,125 3.9 +3.9
Independent Benjamin Caswell 1,557 2.9 +2.9
Sustainable Australia Justin Thomas 918 1.7 +1.7
Independent Adrian Dignam 661 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 54,166 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 1,308 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 55,474 92.0 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Matt Kean 26,506 58.0 −8.8
Labor Melissa Hoile 19,163 42.0 +8.8
Liberal hold Swing−8.8

References
  1. "Major James Barclay Shand (1870–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "Mr Sydney Albert Dawson Storey (1896-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "The Hon. John Clarkson Maddison (1921-1982)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "The Hon. Neil Edward William Pickard (1929-2007)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Stephen Mark O'Doherty (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. "Mrs (Judy) Judith Hopwood (1954- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. "Mr (Matt) Matthew John Kean, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  8. LA First Preference: Hornsby, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  9. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Hornsby, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

Notes
  1. Many regional seats such as Port Macquarie have never been held by Labor and only by either the Liberals, the Nationals or an independent, however these seats do not count as the Nationals have held them before.
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