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THE POLL BLUDGER WARRINGAH
Warringah covers Sydney's affluent northern beaches from Manly north to Dee Why, extending inland to Balgowlah, Mosman, Middle Cove and Forestville. Created in 1922, it originally extended as far north as Palm Beach and was significantly redrawn in 1949, losing Manly and moving deeper into the harbour. It resumed more familiar dimensions in 1969, and has since been anchored on the north shore of Port Jackson. Never held by Labor, the seat has been held by the Liberals since the party's foundation in 1944, except when one-term member Edward St John was expelled from the party for raising concerns in parliament over then-Prime Minister John Gorton's indiscreet behaviour with a female journalist. St John contested the seat as an independent in 1969, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Michael Mackellar. Tony Abbott became member at a by-election following Mackellar's retirement in 1994. | |