Electoral district of Davidson

Davidson
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Davidson; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1971
MP	Matt Cross
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Sir Walter Davidson
Electors	59,865 (2023)
Area	74.71 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Urban
	Electorates around Davidson:

Davidson is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Matt Cross of the Liberal Party.

Covering parts of Sydney's Northern Beaches and North Shore regions, it spills across portions of the Northern Beaches Council and Ku-ring-gai Council LGAs.

Davidson includes portions of two of the most Liberal-supporting areas of Sydney, and has been in the hands of the Liberal Party for its entire existence. While Labor frequently runs dead in northern Sydney, Davidson is especially hostile territory for Labor. The only times that Labor has even remotely threatened the Liberals' hold on the seat came during the two "Wranslides" in 1978 and 1981, which were the only times that the Liberals have failed to win at least 60 percent of the two-party-preferred vote. However, even on those occasions, the Liberals won enough primary votes to retain the seat outright. Since the 1990s, Labor has been lucky to get 30 percent of the two-party-preferred vote, and has even been pushed into third place on some occasions.

Members for Davidson

	Party	Period
Dick Healey ^[1]	Liberal	1971–1981
Terry Metherell ^[2]	Liberal	1981–1991
Terry Metherell ^[2]	Independent	1991–1992
Andrew Humpherson ^[3]	Liberal	1992–2007
Jonathan O'Dea ^[4]	Liberal	2007–2023
Matt Cross	Liberal	2023–present

Geography

On its current boundaries, Davidson includes all of the namesake suburb of Davidson, as well as North Turramurra, St Ives, St Ives Chase, Killara, East Killara, Lindfield, East Lindfield, Roseville and Roseville Chase. It also includes parts of Turramurra, Belrose, Frenchs Forest, and Pymble.

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Davidson^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matt Cross	28,865	54.1	−10.3
	Labor	Karyn Edelstein	10,917	20.5	+6.3
	Independent	Janine Kitson	6,080	11.4	+11.4
	Greens	Caroline Atkinson	6,060	11.4	−2.1
	Sustainable Australia	Andrew Wills	1,397	2.6	−1.1
Total formal votes			53,319	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			1,196	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			54,515	91.1	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Cross	30,821	63.9	−10.9
	Labor	Karyn Edelstein	17,393	36.1	+10.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.9

References

^ "The Hon. Richard Owen Healey (1923–2000)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Dr. Terry Alan Metherell (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Mr Andrew Humpherson, MP (1960- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ "Mr Jonathan Richard O'Dea, BA, LLM, MBA MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ LA First Preference: Davidson, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Davidson, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

"Davidson". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[Dick_Healey_NSW_parl-1] "The Hon. Richard Owen Healey (1923–2000)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Terry_Metherell_NSW_parl-2] "Dr. Terry Alan Metherell (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Andrew_Humpherson_NSW_parl-3] "Mr Andrew Humpherson, MP (1960- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[Jonathan_O'Dea_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Jonathan Richard O'Dea, BA, LLM, MBA MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[5] LA First Preference: Davidson, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[6] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Davidson, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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