Electoral district of Ku-ring-gai

Ku-ring-gai New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Created	1973
MP	Hon. Barry O'Farrell
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake	Kuringgai
Electors	49,900 (2011)
Demographic	Urban

Ku-ring-gai is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It has been represented by Barry O'Farrell of the Liberal Party of Australia since 1999. The electorate covers the suburbs and parts of the suburbs of Gordon, Hornsby, Killara, Lindfield, Normanhurst, North Turramurra, North Wahroonga, Pymble, Roseville, South Turramurra, Turramurra, Wahroonga, Waitara, Warrawee, West Killara and West Pymble.

Electorate History

Ku-ring-gai was created before the 1973 election and was held by Askin, Lewis and Willis government minister John Maddison, who retired in 1980, when it was won by Nick Greiner at a by-election. He held the seat until resigning from Parliament and as Premier in 1992 in the aftermath of the ICAC enquiry into the Metherell affair. He was succeeded by Stephen O'Doherty, who in 1999 chose to follow the majority of his constituents into the re-created seat of Hornsby. Barry O'Farrell became the new Liberal MP for Ku-ring-gai in 1999 after his seat of Northcott was abolished and is the former Premier of New South Wales.

It has always been a comfortably safe Liberal seat, and is currently the safest seat in the NSW Parliament. At the 2011 election O'Farrell was reelected with over 80% of the two-party preferred vote.

Ku-ring-gai is one of three other electorates in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly to have been held by two Premiers of New South Wales while in office. Both Premiers Nick Greiner and Barry O'Farrell have held Ku-ring-gai while in office, the other two electorates being Wollondilly and Maroubra.

Members for Ku-ring-gai

Member		Party	Period
	John Maddison	Liberal	1973–1980
	Nick Greiner	Liberal	1980–1992
	Stephen O'Doherty	Liberal	1992–1999
	Barry O'Farrell	Liberal	1999–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Ku-ring-gai

New South Wales state election, 2011: Ku-ring-gai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry O'Farrell	33,061	72.7	+7.1
	Greens	Susie Gemmell	6,395	14.1	+0.9
	Labor	David Armstrong	3,590	7.9	-5.9
	Save Our State	William Bourke	952	2.1	+2.1
	Christian Democrats	Witold Wiszniewski	948	2.1	-1.2
	Outdoor Recreation	Alexander Gutman	536	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			45,482	98.3	+0.3
Informal votes			794	1.7	-0.3
Turnout			46,276	92.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry O'Farrell	34,212	81.3	+2.3
	Greens	Susie Gemmell	7,858	18.7	+18.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

External links

• "Ku-ring-gai". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-10-08.