Electoral district of Sydney
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Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the centre of Sydney. It is currently held by Clover Moore.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 48,999 electors on 29 April 2007.[1]
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[edit] History
In the first Parliament, 1856-57, there was a four-member electoral district called Sydney (City) with voters casting four votes, and the four leading candidates being elected. In 1857, it was renamed Sydney and, in 1859, it was replaced by the four-member districts of East Sydney and West Sydney. In 1894, the three four-member districts of East Sydney, West Sydney and South Sydney (created in 1880) were replaced by ten single-member districts with "Sydney" in their title: Sydney-Belmore, Sydney-Bligh, Sydney-Cook, Sydney-Denison, Electoral district of Sydney-Fitzroy, Sydney-Flinders, Sydney-Gipps, Sydney-King, Sydney-Lang, Sydney-Phillip and Sydney-Pyrmont. In 1904, these electorates were renamed or abolished.
In 1920, the inner-city electoral districts of Belmore, Darlinghurst, King, Paddington, Phillip and Surry Hills were combined to create a new incarnation of Sydney, which elected five members by proportional representation. This was replaced by the single member electorates of King, Paddington, Phillip and Surry Hills for the 1927 election.
Sydney was recreated for the 2007 election, largely replacing the abolished district of Bligh.
[edit] Members for Sydney
| Sydney (City) (1856—1857) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term |
| Henry Parkes | None | 1856-1856 |
| William Bede Dalley | None | 1856-1857 |
| Robert Campbell | None | 1856-1857 |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1856-1857 |
| James Robert Wilshire | None | 1856-1857 |
| Sydney - First incarnation (1858—1859) | ||
| Member | Party | Term |
| Robert Campbell | None | 1858-1859 |
| Robert Tooth | None | 1858-1859 |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1858-1859 |
| George Thornton | None | 1858-1859 |
| Sydney - Second incarnation (1920—1927) | ||
| Member | Party | Term |
| Daniel Levy | United Australia Party | 1920-1927 |
| Arthur Buckley | Australian Labor Party | 1920-1922 |
| Joseph Jackson | United Australia Party | 1922-1927 |
| John Edward Birt | Australian Labor Party | 1920-1925 |
| William Holdsworth | Australian Labor Party | 1925-1927 |
| Michael Burke | Australian Labor Party | 1920-1922 |
| John McGirr | Australian Labor Party | 1922-1925 |
| Michael Burke | Australian Labor Party | 1925-1927 |
| Patrick Minahan | Australian Labor Party | 1920-1927 |
| Sydney - Third incarnation (2007—) | ||
| Member | Party | Term |
| Clover Moore | Independent | 2007- |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Sydney Electoral District. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
- State Electoral District - Sydney Results 2007. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
