A by-election will be held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Hornsby in 2024, following the resignation of Liberal Party MP Matt Kean on 18 June 2024.[1][2]
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Electoral district of Hornsby in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||
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Background
editThe by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Matt Kean, who served as the state party's deputy leader and as the state's Treasurer under Premier Dominic Perrottet. He held many other ministerial roles under both Perrottet and his predecessor, Gladys Berejiklian. Kean is a member of the party's Moderate faction, and during Perrottet's tenure as Premier was regarded as the faction's de facto leader in New South Wales.
Hornsby is a blue-ribbon seat in northern Sydney, and is one of two of the original post-1927 electoral districts to have only ever been held by the Liberal Party, its predecessors or an independent, the other being Vaucluse.
Previous results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Matt Kean | 23,451 | 43.3 | −11.6 | |
Labor | Melissa Hoile | 13,418 | 24.8 | +4.0 | |
Greens | Tania Salitra | 7,738 | 14.3 | +3.3 | |
One Nation | Steve Busch | 4,298 | 7.9 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Grimshaw | 2,125 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Independent | Benjamin Caswell | 1,557 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Sustainable Australia | Justin Thomas | 918 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Adrian Dignam | 661 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 54,166 | 97.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,308 | 2.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,474 | 92.0 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Matt Kean | 26,506 | 58.0 | −8.8 | |
Labor | Melissa Hoile | 19,163 | 42.0 | +8.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.8 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Liberal MP Matt Kean resigns from NSW Parliament". news.com.au. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Former Treasurer Matt Kean quits parliament". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ LA First Preference: Hornsby, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Hornsby, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.