Electoral district of North Shore

North Shore New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1920–1927 1981–present
MP	Jillian Skinner
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	25.09 km2 (9.7 sq mi)

North Shore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on Sydney's lower North Shore. It is represented by Jillian Skinner the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.

History

North Shore was originally created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Middle Harbour, Mosman, St Leonards and Willoughby and named after the North Shore of Sydney Harbour. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Lane Cove, Manly, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1981.

It was originally expected to be a very safe Liberal seat. However, it was held by independents from 1981 to 1991--most notably Ted Mack from 1981 to 1988. The Liberals did not take the seat until 1991, but have held it with virtually no difficulty since then.

Members for North Shore

Five members (1920—1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Reid	Independent Nationalist	1920–1922		(Sir) Arthur Cocks	Nationalist	1920–1925		Reginald Weaver	Nationalist	1920–1925		Richard Arthur	Nationalist	1920–1927		Cecil Murphy	Labor	1920–1927
		Nationalist	1922–1922
	William Fell	Independent Nationalist	1922–1927
					Alick Kay	Independent	1925–1926		Alfred Reid	Nationalist	1925–1927
					Arthur Tonge	Labor	1926–1927

Single-member (1981—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ted Mack	Independent	1981–1988
	Robyn Read	Independent	1988–1991
	Phillip Smiles	Liberal	1991–1993
	Jillian Skinner	Liberal	1994–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of North Shore

New South Wales state election, 2015: North Shore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	26,853	58.1	−9.3
	Greens	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	6,755	14.6	−5.6
	Labor	James Wheeldon	6,378	13.8	+3.0
	Independent	Stephen Ruff	4,655	10.1	+10.1
	Cyclists	Pip Vice	838	1.8	+1.8
	No Land Tax	Moya Kertesz	390	0.8	+0.8
	Christian Democrats	Giuseppe Rotiroti	386	0.8	−0.9
Total formal votes			46,255	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			926	2.0	−0.4
Turnout			47,181	88.2	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	28,874	71.9	−8.5
	Labor	James Wheeldon	11,278	28.1	+8.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	28,613	71.2	−2.1
	Greens	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	11,579	28.8	+2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.1