The Division of Bradfield is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Dr John Bradfield, the designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The electorate is located in the upper North Shore, and includes the suburbs of Chatswood, Killara, St Ives and Turramurra. One of the wealthiest electorates in Australia, Bradfield has historically been a very safe Liberal seat, having been in in Liberal hands for its entire existence. Bradfield's first member was Billy Hughes, a former Prime Minister of Australia and the last serving member of the first federal Parliament. After Hughes, its best-known member was Brendan Nelson, a minister in the third and fourth Howard Governments and the federal Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2008. Its current member is Paul Fletcher who was elected at the 2009 Bradfield by-election to replace Nelson.
Presently, it is the safest Coalition seat in metropolitan Australia and the sixth-safest Coalition seat overall, with an 18.2 per cent swing required for Labor to win it.
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