Electoral district of Davidson

{{Short description|State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox Australian Electorate |

|name = Davidson

|state = nsw

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Davidson.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-33.734|frame-longitude=151.174|zoom=11|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}

|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election

|created = 1971

|abolished=

|mp = Matt Cross

|mp-party = Liberal

|namesake = Sir Walter Davidson

|electors = 59865

|electors_year = 2023

|area = 74.71

|class = Urban

| near-n = Pittwater

| near-ne = Pittwater

| near-e = Wakehurst

| near-se = Wakehurst

| near-s = Willoughby

| near-sw = Lane Cove

| near-w = Wahroonga

| near-nw = Hornsby

}}

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 {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} 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.