Electoral district of Wakehurst

Wakehurst New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1962
MP	Michael Regan
Party	Independent
Namesake	John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
Electors	55,814 (2019)
Demographic	Urban
Electorates around Wakehurst: Pittwater Pittwater Pacific Ocean Davidson Wakehurst Pacific Ocean Willoughby Manly Manly

Wakehurst is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1962.

It is normally a conservative electorate and has been won by the Liberal Party at all but three elections: in 1978 and 1981 it was won by the Labor Party and in 2023 it was won by an independent who was a popular local mayor in a shock victory.

Wakehurst is located in the Forest District of Sydney.

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst[1][2][3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Toby Williams	18,940	36.9	−23.0
	Independent	Michael Regan	18,430	35.9	+35.9
	Labor	Sue Wright	7,617	14.8	−2.1
	Greens	Ethan Hrnjak	4,000	7.8	−2.4
	Animal Justice	Susan Sorensen	1,220	2.4	−0.8
	Sustainable Australia	Greg Mawson	1,127	2.2	−0.7
Total formal votes			51,334	97.4	+0.3
Informal votes			1,353	2.6	−0.3
Turnout			52,687	90.7	+2.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Toby Williams	23,685	59.6	−12.3
	Labor	Sue Wright	16,054	40.4	+12.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Michael Regan	24,589	54.5	+54.5
	Liberal	Toby Williams	20,555	45.5	−26.4
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+54.5

References

1. LA First Preference: Wakehurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
2. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wakehurst, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
3. Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Summer Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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