Webster was re-elected at the 1981 election but was defeated in 1984 by Liberal candidate John Booth.

Booth held the seat until 1991, when he lost preselection to Brad Hazzard.

[3] Hazzard joined the Coalition shadow frontbench after the 1995 election, and served as a minister in the O'Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian and Perrottet governments.

Hazzard retired at the 2023 NSW election, when the Mayor of Northern Beaches Council, Michael Regan, won the seat as an independent candidate.

[4] On its current boundaries, Wakehurst takes in the suburbs of Allambie, Allambie Heights, Bantry Bay, Beacon Hill, Collaroy, Collaroy Plateau, Cromer, Forestville, Killarney Heights, Narraweena, Oxford Falls and parts of Belrose, Brookvale, Dee Why and Frenchs Forest.