Electoral district of Vaucluse explained

Vaucluse
State:nsw
Lifespan:1927–present
Mp:Kellie Sloane
Mp-Party:Liberal Party
Namesake:Vaucluse
Electors:56448
Electors Year:2019
Area:24.62
Class:Inner-metropolitan
Near-N:North Shore
Near-Ne:Manly
Near-E:Pacific Ocean
Near-Se:Pacific Ocean
Near-S:Coogee
Near-Sw:Heffron
Near-W:Sydney
Near-Nw:North Shore

Vaucluse is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located east of the Sydney central business district in the affluent Eastern Suburbs. It is named after the suburb of Vaucluse.

Vaucluse is one of two original (post-1927 redistribution) electorates to have never been held by the opposing party and always by the Liberal Party or its predecessors, the other district being Hornsby. It has been represented in the past by former Leaders of the Opposition Murray Robson and Peter Debnam of the Liberal Party.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Vaucluse takes in the suburbs of Bellevue Hill, Bondi Beach, Darling Point, Double Bay, Dover Heights, North Bondi, Point Piper, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Watsons Bay, Woollahra and parts of Bondi, Centennial Park, Edgecliff and Rushcutters Bay.

Members for Vaucluse

MemberPartyPeriod
 William Foster1927–1936
 Murray Robson1936–1938
 1938–1945
 1945–1957
 Geoffrey Cox1957–1964
 Keith Doyle1965–1978
 Rosemary Foot1978–1986
 Ray Aston1986–1988
 Michael Yabsley1988–1994
 Peter Debnam1994–2011
 Gabrielle Upton2011–2023
 Kellie Sloane2023–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Vaucluse.

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