Electoral district of Sydney
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 |
Area | 15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi) |
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.
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.
Sydney was recreated for the 2007 election, largely replacing the abolished district of Bligh.
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 | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Arthur Buckley | Labor | 1920–1922 | John Birt | Labor | 1920–1925 | Michael Burke | Labor | 1920–1922 | Patrick Minahan | Labor | 1920–1925 | |||||
Joseph Jackson | Nationalist | 1922–1927 | Greg McGirr | Labor | 1922–1925 | ||||||||||||||
Young Australia | 1925–1925 | ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Burke | Labor | 1925–1927 | William Holdsworth | Labor | 1925–1927 | ||||||||||||||
Patrick Minahan | Labor | 1925–1927 |
Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Clover Moore | Independent | 2007–2012 | |
Alex Greenwich | Independent | 2012–present | |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Alex Greenwich | 16,947 | 39.6 | +39.6 | |
Liberal | Patrice Pandeleos | 14,037 | 32.8 | −6.1 | |
Labor | Edwina Lloyd | 6,303 | 14.7 | +4.3 | |
Greens | Chris Brentin | 4,156 | 9.7 | −2.6 | |
No Land Tax | David Pelzman | 495 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Christian Democrats | Elaine Addae | 367 | 0.9 | −0.2 | |
Joanna Rzetelski | 230 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Independent | Victor Taffa | 213 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 42,748 | 97.6 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,047 | 2.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,795 | 82.5 | +4.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Patrice Pandeleos | 16,212 | 56.7 | −11.3 | |
Labor | Edwina Lloyd | 12,401 | 43.3 | +11.3 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Alex Greenwich | 20,612 | 58.1 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | Patrice Pandeleos | 14,885 | 41.9 | −7.8 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
References
External links
- "Sydney". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 April 2015.