Division of Warringah

Warringah Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Warringah in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1922
MP	Tony Abbott
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Warringah
Electors	102,711 (2016)
Area	68 km² (26.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Warringah is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after the Warringah area of Sydney, which itself is named by an Aboriginal Australian word which translates into English as "rain", "waves" or "sea". The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 September 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 federal election.

Centred on Mosman and the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, it covers most of the land between Middle Harbour and the Tasman Sea. It extends from Port Jackson in the south to the suburb of Dee Why in the north. Besides Mosman, it includes Allambie, Allambie Heights, Balgowlah, Balgowlah Heights, Balmoral, Beauty Point, Brookvale, Clifton Gardens, Clontarf, Cremorne Point, Curl Curl, Fairlight, Freshwater, Harbord, Killarney Heights, Kurraba Point, Manly Vale, Mosman, North Balgowlah, North Curl Curl, North Head, North Manly, Queenscliff, Seaforth, and Wingala; as well as parts of Beacon Hill, Cremorne, Dee Why, Forestville, Frenchs Forest, Narraweena, and Neutral Bay.

The seat has always been held by the Liberal Party of Australia or its predecessors; the Northern Beaches have long been Liberal heartland. The current member and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, has held the seat since winning a 1994 by-election.

Members

	Party	Term
Sir Granville Ryrie	Nationalist	1922–1927
(Sir) Archdale Parkhill	Nationalist	1927–1931
(Sir) Archdale Parkhill	United Australia	1931–1937
(Sir) Percy Spender	Independent UAP	1937–1938
	United Australia	1938–1944
	Liberal	1944–1951
Francis Bland	Liberal	1951–1961
John Cockle	Liberal	1961–1966
Edward St John	Liberal	1966–1969
Edward St John	Independent	1969–1969
Michael MacKellar	Liberal	1969–1994
Tony Abbott	Liberal	1994–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Warringah

Australian federal election, 2016: Warringah^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Abbott	44,759	51.65	−9.19
	Labor	Andrew Woodward	12,820	14.79	−4.54
	Greens	Clara Williams Roldan	10,565	12.19	−3.33
	Independent	James Mathison	9,887	11.41	+11.41
	Xenophon	Marie Rowland	5,506	6.35	+6.35
	Christian Democrats	June Scifo	1,039	1.20	+0.49
	Science	Marc Giordano	800	0.92	+0.92
	Arts	Shea Caplice	669	0.77	+0.77
	Independent	Tony Backhouse	368	0.42	+0.42
	Independent	David Barrow	253	0.29	+0.29
Total formal votes			86,666	93.92	−0.68
Informal votes			5,611	6.08	+0.68
Turnout			92,277	89.84	−2.22
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Abbott	52,948	61.09	−4.23
	Labor	Andrew Woodward	33,718	38.91	+4.23
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Abbott	53,346	61.55	−3.80
	Greens	Clara Williams Roldan	33,320	38.45	+38.45
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

↑ Warringah, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Warringah - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Whitlam Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Charlton Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Throsby Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 39°04′34″N 125°49′01″E / 39.076120°N 125.816959°E / 39.076120; 125.816959

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