Electoral district of Hornsby

Hornsby New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	1927–1991, 1999–present
MP	Matt Kean
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	320.13 km^2 (123.6 sq mi)

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. It is represented by Matt Kean of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Members for Hornsby

First incarnation (1927–1991)
Member		Party	Term
	James Shand	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1941
		Independent UAP	1941–1941
	Sydney Storey	Independent UAP	1941–1945
		Liberal	1945–1962
		Independent Liberal	1962–1962
	John Maddison	Liberal	1962–1973
	Neil Pickard	Liberal	1973–1991
Second incarnation (1999–present)
	Stephen O'Doherty	Liberal	1999–2002
	Judy Hopwood	Liberal	2002–2011
	Matt Kean	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Hornsby[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Kean	29,097	58.4	+8.1
	Labor	Steve Ackerman	9,647	19.4	+8.4
	Greens	John Storey	6,925	13.9	+1.4
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	2,379	4.8	+1.4
	Christian Democrats	Leighton Thew	1,256	2.5	−0.8
	No Land Tax	Mary Di Cosmo	542	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			49,846	97.7	+0.8
Informal votes			1,164	2.3	−0.8
Turnout			51,010	93.4	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Kean	31,225	68.9	−7.5
	Labor	Steve Ackerman	14,065	31.1	+7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.5

References

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

External links

• "Hornsby". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2015.