Electoral district of Hornsby

Electoral district of Hornsby is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor Party, and always by the Liberal Party, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other being Vaucluse.^[a]

Hornsby New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	1927–1991, 1999–present
MP	James Wallace
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Hornsby, New South Wales
Electors	61,257 (2024)
Area	320.13 km2 (123.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Hornsby: Hawkesbury Gosford Gosford Hawkesbury Hornsby Pittwater Castle Hill Epping Wahroonga Davidson

The seat is currently represented by James Wallace of the Liberal Party, following the by-election held on 19 October 2024, after Matt Kean's resignation.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Hornsby takes in the suburbs of Asquith, Berrilee, Berowra, Berowra Heights, Berowra Waters, Brooklyn, Canoelands, Cowan, Dangar Island, Galston, Glenorie, Hornsby Heights, Laughtondale, Mount Colah, Mount Kuring-gai, Singletons Mill, Sunny Corner and parts of Dural, Hornsby, Middle Dural, Pennant Hills, Round Corner, Thompsons Corner and Wisemans Ferry.

Members for Hornsby

First incarnation (1927–1991)
Member		Party	Term
	James Shand [1]	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1941
		Ind. United Australia	1941–1941
	Sydney Storey [2]	Ind. United Australia	1941–1945
		Liberal	1945–1962
		Independent Liberal	1962–1962
	John Maddison [3]	Liberal	1962–1973
	Neil Pickard [4]	Liberal	1973–1991
Second incarnation (1999–present)
	Stephen O'Doherty [5]	Liberal	1999–2002
	Judy Hopwood [6]	Liberal	2002–2011
	Matt Kean [7]	Liberal	2011–2024

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hornsby

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Hornsby state by-election § Results.[edit]

2024 Hornsby by-election^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Wallace	24,578	49.93	+6.64
	Greens	Tania Salitra	12,713	25.83	+11.54
	One Nation	Steve Busch	2,740	5.57	−2.36
	Independent	Brendon Clarke	2,205	4.48	+4.48
	Independent	Benjamin Caswell	1,680	3.41	+0.54
	Animal Justice	Sheila Milgate	1,616	3.28	+3.28
	Libertarian	Marc Hendrickx	1,508	3.06	−0.86
	Sustainable Australia	Justin Thomas	1,337	2.72	+1.03
	Independent	Roger Woodward	847	1.72	+1.72
Total formal votes			49,224	96.75	−0.89
Informal votes			1,655	3.25	+0.89
Turnout			50,879	83.06	−8.95
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	James Wallace	26,781	64.34	+6.30
	Greens	Tania Salitra	14,840	35.66	+35.66
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A