|
|
|
|
| Adam Carr's Election Archive
|
Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Bradfield, New South Wales
Named for: Dr John Bradfield (1867-1943), designer of the Sydney
Harbour Bridge
Northern Sydney: Chatswood, Gordon, Lindfield, St Ives, Wahroonga
State seats: Parts of
Davidson,
Hornsby and
Ku-Ring-Gai
Local government areas: All of
Ku-Ring-Gai, parts of
Hornsby, and
Willoughby
Borders with:
Bennelong,
Berowra,
Mackellar,
North Sydney and
Warringah
Enrolment at 2019 election: 107,366
Enrolment at 2022 election: 108,573 (+01.1)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 55.6
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 60.6
Sitting member: Hon Paul Fletcher (Liberal):
Elected 2009 by-election, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.4%
2009 by-election Liberal majority over Greens: 14.8%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 18.2%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 20.8%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 21.0%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 16.6%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Very safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Turramurra Valley (77.0), St Ives PPVC (76.1), Wahroonga South (75.5),
St Ives East (74.6), North Wahroonga (74.0)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Hornsby East (50.8), Hornsby (46.6), Asquith (45.9), Chatswood West (44.2),
Hornsby Central (44.0)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
 |
 |
 |
 |
1. Nicolette Boele
Voices of Bradfield |
2. David Bridgen
Australian Labor Party |
3. Martin Cousins
Australian Greens |
4. Janine Kitson
Independent |
 |
 |
 |
5. Rob Fletcher
United Australia Party |
6. Hon Paul Fletcher
Liberal Party |
7. Michael Lowe
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
Candidate websites:
Nicolette Boele
David Bridgen
Martin Cousins
Hon Paul Fletcher
Rob Fletcher
Janine Kitson
Division of Bradfield
Bradfield was created in 1949, occupying the upper-class heartland of Sydney's North Shore, one of the wealthiest areas in
Australia. Since then it has
expanded somewhat to the north-west, into slightly less aristocratic areas, but it still has the second-highest
median income level of any seat, and has the second-highest proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations.
This has always made Bradfield one of the safest Liberal seats in Australia, although it has been overtaken by neighbouring
Mitchell as the safest of all. Bradfield is becoming inccreasingly multi-cultural, with
15% of residents claiming Chinese ancestry, without so far much changing its voting behaviour.
The first member for Bradfield was former Prime Minister
Billy Hughes, the longest-serving member of the
Australian Parliament, who had previously been MP for
North Sydney in the same region.
Dr Brendan Nelson, who
won Bradfield in 1996 only three years after leaving the Labor Party, was Defence Minister in the Howard
Government and a short-lived Leader of the Liberal Party after the 2007 election defeat.
Paul Fletcher, Liberal MP for Bradfield since the 2009 by-election which followed Nelson's resignation, was an
adviser to Liberal ministers and Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs with Optus before entering
politics. He was expected to gain rapid promotion and has done so: he became a parliamentary secretary in
2013 and is now Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts. His only opponent so far is
Nicolette Boele of the Voices of Bradfield group.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $2,341 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 17.0% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 53.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Chinese 15.0%
Non-English-speaking households: 38.1% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 18.9% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 31.9% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 47.2% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 58.0% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 11.2% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 35.3% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 24.2% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 45.7% (Australia 32.8%)
Back to main page
|
|
