Electoral district of Sydney
Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, Darlinghurst, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay, Haymarket, Millers Point, Paddington, Potts Point, Pyrmont, The Rocks, Woolloomooloo, Wynyard; and parts of Edgecliff, Rushcutters Bay, Surry Hills, Ultimo and Woollahra.
| Sydney New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1920–1927 2007–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Alex Greenwich | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 55,131 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Independent Alex Greenwich has represented the seat since the 2012 Sydney by-election, triggered by the resignation of previous independent Clover Moore, who was the Lord Mayor of Sydney, due to introduced state laws preventing dual membership of state parliament and local council.
History
In the first Parliament of the New South Wales colony, 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 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, Sydney-Fitzroy, Sydney-Flinders, Sydney-Gipps, Sydney-King, Sydney-Lang, Sydney-Phillip and Sydney-Pyrmont. From 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. Central Sydney subsequently fell within a number of successive electorates, including Elizabeth and Port Jackson.
Sydney was recreated for the 2007 election, replacing abolished district Bligh and also taking in the Sydney CBD and Pyrmont that were previously in Port Jackson (the remainder of Port Jackson became the Electoral district of Balmain).
From 1920 to 1927 the district included Lord Howe Island, which was transferred from and to the electorate of King.[1] As part of the redistribution of electoral districts for the 2023 state election, a proposal was received to move Lord Howe Island back into the electorate of Sydney.[2] However, the NSW Electoral Commission eventually decided to retain the island within the electorate of Port Macquarie, which has included the island since 1991.[3]
Members for Sydney
| First incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||
| Daniel Levy [4] | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Arthur Buckley [5] | Labor | 1920–1922 | John Birt [6] | Labor | 1920–1925 | Michael Burke [7] | Labor | 1920–1922 | Patrick Minahan [8] | Labor | 1920–1925 | |||||
| Joseph Jackson [9] | Nationalist | 1922–1927 | Greg McGirr [10] | Labor | 1922–1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Young Australia | 1925–1925 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Burke [7] | Labor | 1925–1927 | William Holdsworth [11] | Labor | 1925–1927 | ||||||||||||||
| Patrick Minahan [8] | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||||||||||||
| Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Clover Moore [12] | Independent | 2007–2012 | |
| Alex Greenwich [13] | Independent | 2012–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Alex Greenwich | 17,905 | 41.45 | +1.80 | |
| Liberal | Lyndon Gannon | 13,089 | 30.30 | −2.54 | |
| Labor | Jo Holder | 6,370 | 14.75 | +0.00 | |
| Greens | Jonathan Harms | 4,124 | 9.55 | −0.18 | |
| Small Business | Fiona Douskou | 1,017 | 2.35 | +2.35 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Christopher Thomas | 696 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,201 | 98.17 | +0.56 | ||
| Informal votes | 807 | 1.83 | −0.56 | ||
| Turnout | 44,008 | 79.82 | −2.64 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Lyndon Gannon | 16,259 | 52.96 | −3.70 | |
| Labor | Jo Holder | 14,444 | 47.04 | +3.70 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Alex Greenwich | 22,841 | 61.77 | +3.70 | |
| Liberal | Lyndon Gannon | 14,134 | 38.23 | −3.70 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +3.70 | |||
References
- ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICTS COMMISSION". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 153. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1919. p. 3599. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Jambor, Claudia (26 November 2020). "Lord Howe Island's proposed move to Sydney electorate resisted by Port Macquarie MP". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC Coffs Coast. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel determination of New South Wales electoral districts" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Sir Daniel Levy (1872–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Arthur William Buckley (1891–1974)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Edward Birt (1873–1925)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Michael Burke (2) (1865–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Patrick Joseph Minahan (1866–1933)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Joseph Jackson (1874-1961)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Joseph Gregory "Greg" McGirr (1879-1949)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Holdsworth (1875–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Ms Clover Moore (1945- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Alex) Alexander Hart Greenwich MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Sydney: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Sydney: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
External links
- "Sydney". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.