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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of North Sydney, New South Wales
Named for: Northern area of metropolitan Sydney *
Northern Sydney: Chatswood, Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, North Sydney, Northbridge
State seats: Parts of
Lane Cove,
North Shore and
Willoughby
Local government areas: All of
Hunters Hill and
Lane Cove, parts of
North Sydney and
Willoughby
Borders with:
Bennelong,
Bradfield and
Warringah
Enrolment at 2019 election: 109,278
Enrolment at 2022 election: 111,710 (+02.2)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 61.3
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 71.8
Sitting member: Trent Zimmerman (Liberal):
Elected 2015 by-election, 2016, 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 5.4%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.1%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 15.9%
2015 by-election Liberal majority over Independent: 10.2%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.6%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 9.3%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Hunters Hill (73.1), Northbridge (68.6), Longueville (68.3),
Mossman PPVC (67.8), Lane Cove South (67.3)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: St Leonards (52.5), Crows Nest (51.1), McMahons Point (48.9), North Sydney (48.1),
Neutral Bay (47.9)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. William Bourke
Sustainable Australia |
2. Robert Nalbandian
United Australia Party |
3. Heather Armstrong
Australian Greens |
4. Victor Kline
The New Liberals |
5. Lesley Kinney
Informed Medical Options |
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6. Dajen Tinkler
Liberal Democrats |
7. Trent Zimmerman
Liberal Party |
8. Kylea Tink
Independent |
9. Michael Walls
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
10. Dr Catherine Renshaw
Australian Labor Party |
Candidate websites:
Heather Armstrong
William Bourke
Lesley Kinney
Victor Kline
Robert Nalbandian
Dr Catherine Renshaw
Kylea Tink
Trent Zimmerman
Division of North Sydney
North Sydney has existed since 1901, and at that time ran from Kirribilli to the outskirts of Newcastle.
Successive redistributions cut it back, first to cover most of the North Shore, and more recently to a small
block of densely populated inner suburbia directly across Sydney Harbour from the city. More recent
redistributions have expanded it westwards to take in Lane Cove and Hunters Hill.
The population of North Sydney now consists mainly of affluent singles, couples and families living in expensive apartments -
the seat has the third-highest proportion of apartment-dwellers of any in Australia. Because it has so few families with
dependent children, North Sydney is the country's third-wealthiest electorate in terms of median family income,
and has the highest proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations. It is also attracting large numbers of
wealthy Asian immigrants.
North Sydney has nearly always been a safe Liberal seat, and has never elected a Labor member in its 120 years, although it did
elect an independent,
Ted Mack, in the 1990s. Since his retirement the Liberals have not been threatened.
The seat was held by Prime Minister
Billy Hughes, representing several different parties, from 1922 to 1949.
Joe Hockey won it for the Liberals in 1996. He was a minister in the later years of the Howard Government,
and was Treasurer in the Abbott Government. His first budget was universally criticised, and
Malcolm Turnbull's first move as PM was to replace him, whereupon he immediately resigned his seat.
Trent Zimmerman, Liberal MP for North Sydney since the 2015 by-election, was director of transport policy
for the Tourism and Transport Forum of Australia, and a member of North Sydney City Council, before his
election. He was the first openly gay member of the House of Representatives. He sustained a 4.3% swing against him
in 2019, and the seat is now classed as only fairly safe for the Liberals. The Labor candidate is Dr Catherine Renshaw,
a law professor at the University of Western Sydney. The Greens candidate is Heather Armstrong, a retired public prosecutor. Zimmerman will be also opposed by an independent climate activist, Kylea Tink.
* Although the suburb and municipality of North Sydney are in the Division, they are not the source of the Division's name. In 1901 four
seats of East, North, South and West Sydney were created. South Sydney was abolished in 1934 and East and West Sydney were abolished in
1969. On its 1901 boundaries, North Sydney included all of Sydney north of the Harbour, plus the Central Coast area.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $2,352 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 14.4% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 55.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Chinese 10.4%
Non-English-speaking households: 32.1% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 24.2% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 34.5% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 49.8% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 61.9% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 10.3% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 27.2% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 40.9% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 30.9% (Australia 32.8%)
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