New South Wales draft boundaries would also affect the seats of Bennelong and Bradfield, held by Labor and Liberals respectively
Kylea Tink, the MP for North Sydney. Her electorate would be abolished under new electoral boundaries proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission on Friday.Kylea Tink, the MP for North Sydney. Her electorate would be abolished under new electoral boundaries proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission on Friday.
North Sydney was considered a blue ribbon Liberal seat before it was won by Tink at the 2022 election, but has been difficult territory for Labor to gain a foothold in. Liberal MP Paul Fletcher’s seat of Bradfield, which was considered one of the electorates under threat by the redistribution, does not appear to have had too much of a boundary change under the proposal.
The AEC has also proposed to change the boundaries of the regional electorates of Hume, held by the Liberal shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor; Riverina, held by the former deputy prime minister and National party MP Michael McCormack; and the electorate of Eden-Monaro, the seat of the local government minister, Kristy McBain.
Eden-Monaro has been held by Labor since 2016, but only on slim margins, and had been considered a bellwether seat, most often swinging behind candidates from the party that would go on to form government. That was until Mike Kelly won it for Labor in 2016 and again in 2019, followed by McBain’s byelection win in 2020 while the Coalition was in power.
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