Electoral district of Baulkham Hills

Baulkham Hills New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	1991
MP	David Elliott
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake	Baulkham Hills, New South Wales
Electors	54,002 (2015)
Area	41 km^2 (15.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Baulkham Hills is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by David Elliott of the Liberal Party.

Baulkham Hills is a 41 km² electorate in Sydney's north-west, taking in the suburbs of Baulkham Hills, Bella Vista and parts of Carlingford, Castle Hill, Kellyville, North Rocks and West Pennant Hills.^[1]

The Baulkham Hills electorate was first created in 1991, replacing the short-lived electorate of Carlingford (1988-1991). As with its predecessor, it covers a series of wealthy and largely conservative suburbs.

Members for Baulkham Hills

Member		Party	Period
	Wayne Merton	Liberal	1991–2011
	David Elliott	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Baulkham Hills[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Elliott	31,793	64.5	−3.1
	Labor	Ryan Tracey	10,920	22.2	+5.9
	Greens	Alice Suttie	3,894	7.9	−2.0
	Christian Democrats	Kaia Thorpe	1,686	3.4	−0.9
	No Land Tax	Neil Holden	973	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			49,266	97.3	+0.4
Informal votes			1,390	2.7	−0.4
Turnout			50,656	93.8	−4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Elliott	33,021	71.8	−6.6
	Labor	Ryan Tracey	12,975	28.2	+6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.6

References

1. "Baulkham Hills". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
2. State Electoral District of Baulkham Hills: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Baulkham Hills: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Baulkham Hills". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2015.