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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Wentworth, New South Wales
Named for: William Wentworth (1790-1872), explorer, newspaper
publisher, agitator against transportation and for self-government,
NSW MP 1843-54, 1861-62
Eastern Sydney: Bondi, Paddington, Vaucluse, Waverley, Woollahra
State seats: All of
Vaucluse, parts of
Coogee,
Heffron and
Sydney
Local government areas: All of
Waverley and
Woollahra, parts of
Randwick and
Sydney
Borders with:
Kingsford Smith and
Sydney
Enrolment at 2019 election: 103,567
Enrolment at 2022 election: 103,709 (+00.1)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 60.2
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 80.8
Sitting member: Dave Sharma (Liberal):
Elected 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 3.8%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.9%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 17.7%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 17.7%
2018 by-election Independent majority over Liberal 1.2%
2019 Liberal majority over Independent: 1.3%
2019 notional Liberal majority over Labor 9.8%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Vaucluse (76.0), Dover Heights (70.6), Rose Bay PPVC (70.1),
Bellevue Hill South (68.4), Rose Bay Central (67.1)
Best Independent booths, two-party vote: Elizabeth Bay (69.9), Kings Cross Central (69.9),
Surry Hills East (69.1), Darlinghust South (67.9), Kings Cross (67.7)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Tim Murray
Australian Labor Party |
2. Dean Fisher
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
3. Dominic Wy Kanak
Australian Greens |
4. Dr Natalie Dumer
United Australia Party |
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5. Allegra Spender
Independent |
6. Daniel Lewkovitz
Liberal Democrats |
7. Dave Sharma
Liberal Party |
Candidate websites:
Dr Natalie Dumer
Daniel Lewkovitz
Tim Murray
Dave Sharma
Allegra Spender
Dominic Wy Kanak
Division of Wentworth
Wentworth has existed since Federation, and has always covered Sydney's eastern harborside suburbs, one of the wealthiest
areas in Australia. Before 1949 Wentworth extended as far south as Maroubra, and in 1943 Labor came quite close to winning
it, but after 1949, when it was cut back to the Harbouside eastern suburbs, it was one of the safest of Liberal seats.
Since 1984, however, successive redistributions have again extended Wentworth to the south, taking in Bondi and Waverley, making
the seat slightly less blue-ribbon Liberal. Despite this, the seat still has higher levels of median family income and of
people in professional occupations than almost any other seat.
Wentworth's fairly high proportion of people born in non English speaking countries largely reflects the European birthplaces
of many people in the electorate's large Jewish community. The very low proportion of families with dependent children and
of dwellings being purchased reflects the many affluent flat-dwelling singles in the seat, which has a large gay and
lesbian community at the western end.
Wentworth is a traditional "leadership seat" for the conservative parties. Members have included Liberal ministers Sir
Eric Harrison,
Leslie Bury and
Robert Ellicott, and Opposition Leader
Dr John Hewson.
Peter King won the seat in 2001,
but was bundled out in 2004 to make way for
Malcolm Turnbull, a millionaire banker and former leader of the Australian
Republican Movement.
Turnbull was Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Howard government. After the 2007 election defeat, he
contested the Liberal leadership, but was narrowly
defeated by
Dr Brendan Nelson, and became Shadow Treasurer. In September 2008 he rolled the hapless Nelson and became
Liberal leader. But in late 2009 he created a crisis in the Liberal Party by agreeing to support Labor's emissions trading
scheme legislation. The right wing of the party, led by
Tony Abbott, revolted, and in December 2009 Abbott replaced Turnbull
as leader.
After the 2013 election, Abbott appointed Turnbull Minister for Communications. By 2015 the Abbott government was
floundering, and in September Turnbull mounted a party-room challenge and became Prime Minister. He had an initial surge of
popularity, but the 2016 election saw a sharp swing
against the government, which reduced Turnbull's government to a one-seat majority. This opened him up
to a campaign of sniping from Abbott and his supporters. In 2918 he sought to pre-empt
them by calling on a party-room ballot, but only narrowly defeated the conservative
challenger, Home Affairs Minister
Peter Dutton. Dutton then resigned, followed by a string of his supporters. This led to a
demand for a second party meeting, at which Turnbull resigned, throwing his support behind the Treasurer,
Scott Morrison, who comfortably defeated Dutton.
Within a few days of leaving office, Turnbull resigned from Parliament. The subsequent by-election was won by independent
candidate
Dr Kerryn Phelps, a former president of the AMA, who thus became the first
person ever to defeat a Liberal candidate in
Wentworth. But at the 2019 election, with Turnbull and subsequent controversies fading, Phelps was narrowly defeated.
Devanand ("Dave") Sharma, Liberal MP for Wentworth since 2019, was born in Canada of a Trinidad Indian father and Australian
mother, and came to Australia as a child. He was a public servant and diplomat before entering politics. He was Australian Ambassador
to Israel from 2013 to 2017, which gave him a high profile in Wentworth's large Jewish community. Narrowly defeated by Phelps in the
2018 by-election, he won the return bout in 2019.
Labor is not a serious threat to the Liberals in Wentworth, but a strong independent could be. In November 2021 businesswoman
Allegra Spender announced she would contest the seat. She is the daughter of fashion designer Carla Zampatti and former Liberal MP John
Spender. The Labor candidate is again Tim Murray, a Waverley Couincillor. The Greens candidate is again Dominic Wy Kanak, a paralegal, long-serving member of Waverley Council and Indigenous activist.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $2,380 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 15.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 54.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 22.2% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 20.1% (Australia 22.6%)
Jewish religion: 12.5%
No religion 33.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 46.8% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 61.5% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 11.4% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 23.6% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 44.2% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 25.3% (Australia 32.8%)
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