Division of North Sydney

The **Division of North Sydney** was a former Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was named after the North Sydney area. It was set up in 1900 for the first federal election in 1901. It was abolished at the 2025 federal election, with its voters being given to divisions next to it.

## Electoral divisions

The electoral division includes the suburbs of Artarmon, Cammeray, Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Kirribilli, Lane Cove, Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Lavender Bay, Linley Point, Longueville, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Naremburn, Neutral Bay, North Sydney, Northbridge, Northwood, Riverview, St Leonards, Tarban, Waverton, Wollstonecraft, Woolwich and parts of Castlecrag, Gladesville and Willoughby.

## Members

|Member|Party|Term||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||rowspan="2"|Dugald Thomson|Free Trade, Anti-Socialist|1901–1909|
|||Commonwealth Liberal|1909–1910|||
|||George Edwards|Commonwealth Liberal|1910–1911||
|||rowspan="2"|(Sir) Granville Ryrie|Commonwealth Liberal|1911–1917|
|||Nationalist|1917–1922|||
|||rowspan="6"|Billy Hughes|Nationalist|1922–1929|
|||Independent Nationalist|1929–1930|||
|||Australian|1930–1931|||
|||United Australia|1931–1944|||
|||Independent|1944–1945|||
|||Liberal|1945–1949|||
|||William Jack|Liberal|1949–1966||
|||Bill Graham|Liberal|1966–1980||
|||John Spender|Liberal|1980–1990||
|||Ted Mack|Independent|1990–1996||
|||Joe Hockey|Liberal|1996–2015||
|||Trent Zimmerman|Liberal|2015–2022||
|||Kylea Tink|Independent|2022–2025||

North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, which have never been held by the ALP. It has been held by a member of a non-Labor party for all but six years, when independent Ted Mack held it. It was held after the December 1922 election by Prime Minister Billy Hughes. Hughes was replaced as Nationalist party leader, and therefore Prime Minister by Stanley Bruce in February 1923. Joe Hockey was Treasurer in the Abbott Government, but lost his position when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister. Hockey resigned from Parliament which caused a by-election, and was then appointed as the Ambassador to the US.

## Electoral divisions

The electoral division includes the suburbs of Artarmon, Cammeray, Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Gore Hill, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Huntleys Point, Kirribilli, Lane Cove, Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Lavender Bay, Linley Point, Longueville, McMahons Point, Milsons Point, Naremburn, Neutral Bay, North Sydney, Northbridge, Northwood, Riverview, St Leonards, Tarban, Waverton, Wollstonecraft, Woolwich and parts of Castlecrag, Gladesville and Willoughby.

## Members

|Member|Party|Term||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||rowspan="2"|Dugald Thomson|Free Trade, Anti-Socialist|1901–1909|
|||Commonwealth Liberal|1909–1910|||
|||George Edwards|Commonwealth Liberal|1910–1911||
|||rowspan="2"|(Sir) Granville Ryrie|Commonwealth Liberal|1911–1917|
|||Nationalist|1917–1922|||
|||rowspan="6"|Billy Hughes|Nationalist|1922–1929|
|||Independent Nationalist|1929–1930|||
|||Australian|1930–1931|||
|||United Australia|1931–1944|||
|||Independent|1944–1945|||
|||Liberal|1945–1949|||
|||William Jack|Liberal|1949–1966||
|||Bill Graham|Liberal|1966–1980||
|||John Spender|Liberal|1980–1990||
|||Ted Mack|Independent|1990–1996||
|||Joe Hockey|Liberal|1996–2015||
|||Trent Zimmerman|Liberal|2015–2022||
|||Kylea Tink|Independent|2022–2025||

North Sydney is one of only two original divisions in New South Wales, which have never been held by the ALP. It has been held by a member of a non-Labor party for all but six years, when independent Ted Mack held it. It was held after the December 1922 election by Prime Minister Billy Hughes. Hughes was replaced as Nationalist party leader, and therefore Prime Minister by Stanley Bruce in February 1923. Joe Hockey was Treasurer in the Abbott Government, but lost his position when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister. Hockey resigned from Parliament which caused a by-election, and was then appointed as the Ambassador to the US.

## References

- Division of North Sydney – Australian Electoral Commission

## Other websites

- Joe Hockey's website

## Infobox (australian electorate)

- **federal**: yes
- **name**: North Sydney
- **image**: Division of North Sydney 2010.png
- **imagesize**: 300
- **caption**: Division of North Sydney (green) in New South Wales
- **party-colour**: Liberal
- **state**: nsw
- **created**: 1901
- **abolished**: 2025
- **namesake**: North Sydney, New South Wales
- **area**: 48
- **class**: Inner Metropolitan