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Electoral district of North Shore

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

{{about|the New South Wales state electorate|the New Zealand electorate|North Shore (New Zealand electorate)}}

{{Infobox Australian Electorate |

|name = North Shore

|state = nsw

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - North Shore.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-33.836|frame-longitude=151.234|zoom=12|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}

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

|lifespan = 1920–1927
1981–present

|abolished=

|mp = Felicity Wilson

|mp-party = {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

|namesake = North Shore

|electors = 55332

|electors_year = 2019

|area = 25.09

|class = Inner-metropolitan

| near-n = Willoughby

| near-ne = Manly

| near-e = Vaucluse

| near-se = Vaucluse

| near-s = Sydney

| near-sw = Balmain

| near-w = Lane Cove

| near-nw = Willoughby

}}

North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on Sydney's lower North Shore. It is currently held by {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}} MP Felicity Wilson.

History

North Shore was originally created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Middle Harbour, Mosman, St Leonards and Willoughby and named after the North Shore of Sydney Harbour. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Lane Cove, Manly, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1981, replacing Kirribilli.{{cite web |title=North Shore |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/North-Shore |access-date=23 November 2019}}

It was originally expected to be a very safe Liberal seat; northern Sydney has been the power base for the Liberals and their predecessors for over a century. However, it was held by independents from 1981 to 1991—most notably Ted Mack from 1981 to 1988. The Liberals did not take the seat until 1991, but have held it with virtually no difficulty since then.

While {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} frequently runs dead in northern Sydney, North Shore is very unfriendly territory for Labor even by northern Sydney standards. Labor has never tallied more than 37 percent of the two-party vote. In the last four elections, Labor candidates have been pushed into third place, and have struggled to get to 20 percent of the primary vote.

Geography

On its current boundaries, North Shore takes in the suburbs of Cremorne Point, Kirribilli, Kurraba Point, Lavender Bay, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney, Waverton, Wollstonecraft and parts of St Leonards.

Members for North Shore

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! colspan="20" | First incarnation (1920–1927)

colspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
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| {{Australian party style|Independent nationalist}}| 

| Alfred Reid{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Alfred Albert Edward Ernest (Theodore Muswellbrooke Orlando) Vassa Reid (1867–1945) |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019 |id=1181}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent nationalist}}

| 1920–1922

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| rowspan="2" |Arthur Cocks{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Sir (Alfred) Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (1862-1943) |id=1104 |former=Yes |access-date=11 May 2019}}

| rowspan="5" |{{Australian politics/name|nationalist}}

|1920–1925

| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| rowspan="3" |Reginald Weaver{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver (1876-1945) |id=1300 |former=Yes| access-date=11 May 2019}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|nationalist}}

| rowspan="3" | 1920–1925

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| rowspan="5" | Richard Arthur{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932) |id=1159 |former=Yes |access-date=11 May 2019}}

| rowspan="5" | {{Australian politics/name|nationalist}}

| rowspan="5" | 1920–1927

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | 

| rowspan="5" | Cecil Murphy{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Cecil Horace Murphy |id=1518 |former=Yes |access-date=6 May 2019}}

| rowspan="5" | {{Australian politics/name|labor nsw}}

| rowspan="5" | 1920–1927

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| rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Independent}} | 

| rowspan="4" |William Fell{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr William Scott Fell (1866-1930) |id=1174 |former=Yes | access-date=11 May 2019}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Australian politics/name|Independent}} Coalitionist

| rowspan="4" |1922–1927

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| rowspan="4" |1925–1927

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | 

style="background: #f9f9f9"

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| rowspan="3" | Alfred Reid{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament|name=Mr Alfred Albert Edward Ernest (Theodore Muswellbrooke Orlando) Vassa Reid (1867–1945)|former=Yes|access-date=5 May 2019|id=1181}}

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | 

style="background: #f9f9f9"

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| {{Australian party style|Independent}} | 

| Alick Kay{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament|name=Mr Alick Dudley Kay (1884-1961)|id=1407|former=Yes|access-date=10 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Independent}}

| 1925–1926

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | 

style="background: #f9f9f9"

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| {{Australian party style|labor nsw}} | 

| Arthur Tonge{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament|id=1458|former=Yes|title=Mr Arthur Tonge (1887-1963)|access-date=10 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|labor nsw}}

| 1926–1927

| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | 

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | 

colspan="4" style='background: #FFFFFF; border-style: none none none none;' | 
colspan="4" | Second incarnation (1981–present)
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! colspan="2" | Member !! Party !! Term

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| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Independent}} | 

| Ted Mack{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr (Ted) Edward Carrington Mack (1933–2018) |id=1918 |former=Yes |access-date=13 May 2019}}

| rowspan="2" | {{Australian politics/name|independent}}

| 1981–1988

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| Robyn Read{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Ms Robyn Read |id=193 |former=Yes |access-date=12 April 2019}}

| 1988–1991

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| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}} | 

| Phillip Smiles{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title = Mr Phillip Murray Smiles (1946- ) |id=2024 |former=Yes | access-date=11 May 2019}}

| rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|Liberal NSW}}

| 1991–1993

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| Jillian Skinner{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |name=Mrs Jillian Gell Skinner (1944- ) |id=8 |former=Yes |access-date=2 April 2019}}

| 1994–2017

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| Felicity Wilson{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |name=Ms Felicity Leslie Wilson MP |id=2230 |access-date=4 November 2019}}

| 2017–present

Election results

{{See also|Electoral results for the district of North Shore}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=North Shore}}

References

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{{Electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}

{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}

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