Bradfield is a very safe Liberal seat on the upper north shore of Sydney. Bradfield covers most of Ku-ring-gai council area as well as parts of Hornsby. Key suburbs include Turramurra, St Ives, Killara and Wahroonga.
Bradfield was previously held by former Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson, prior to his 2009 resignation. The seat was won by Liberal candidate Paul Fletcher at a 2009 by-election, winning comfortably in a race without a Labor candidate, despite a strong Greens campaign.
