Electoral district of Willoughby

Willoughby New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1920 1927–1988 1991–present
MP	Gladys Berejiklian
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	23.56 km^2 (9.1 sq mi)

Willoughby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Gladys Berejiklian of the Liberal Party of Australia.

History

Willoughby was an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of St Leonards, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Willoughby. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Ryde along with Burwood and Gordon. It was recreated in 1927, but abolished in 1988, being replaced by Middle Harbour. In 1991, Middle Harbour was abolished and replaced by Willoughby.

Members for Willoughby

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Cullen	Free Trade	1894–1894
	Edward Clark	Free Trade	1894–1895
	George Howarth	Free Trade	1895–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1903
	Charles Wade	Liberal Reform	1903–1904
	Edward Larkin	Labor	1913–1915
	John Haynes	Independent Democrat	1915–1917
	Reginald Weaver	Nationalist	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1988)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Sanders	Independent Nationalist	1927–1930
		Nationalist	1930–1932
		United Australia	1932–1943
	George Brain	Democratic	1943–1945
		Liberal	1945–1968
	Laurie McGinty	Liberal	1968–1977
		Independent Liberal	1977–1978
	Eddie Britt	Labor	1978–1981
	Peter Collins	Liberal	1981–1988
Third incarnation (1991–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Peter Collins	Liberal	1991–2003
	Gladys Berejiklian	Liberal	2003–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Willoughby[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	30,066	63.6	−5.4
	Greens	Alison Haines	7,511	15.9	−0.9
	Labor	Peter Cavanagh	7,507	15.9	+3.8
	Cyclists	Edward Re	845	1.8	+1.8
	Christian Democrats	Melody Ho	719	1.5	−0.7
	No Land Tax	Aldo Di Santo	662	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			47,310	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,186	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			48,496	90.4	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	31,481	73.8	−6.6
	Labor	Peter Cavanagh	11,163	26.2	+6.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	31,324	74.5	−3.2
	Greens	Alison Haines	10,739	25.5	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

References

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

External links

• "Willoughby". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-10-08.