Electoral district of Sydney

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Sydney.

Location within Sydney

Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the commercial centre of the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Darling Harbour, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay, Haymarket, Millers Point, Paddington, Potts Point, Pyrmont, The Rocks, Ultimo, Woolloomooloo, Wynyard; and parts of Edgecliff, Rushcutters Bay, Surry Hills and Woollahra.

It is currently represented by Clover Moore, who is also the Lord Mayor of Sydney.

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)
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—1927
					Joseph Jackson	Nationalist	1922—1927						Greg McGirr	Labor	1922—1925
														Young Australia	1925—1925
									William Holdsworth	Labor	1925—1927		Michael Burke	Labor	1925—1927

Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Clover Moore	Independent	2007—present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Sydney

New South Wales state election, 2011: Sydney[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clover Moore	16,909	36.3	-3.3
	Liberal	Adrian Bartels	16,855	36.2	+14.6
	Greens	De Brierley Newton	5,961	12.8	-2.8
	Labor	Sacha Blumen	5,247	11.3	-8.7
		Andrew Patterson	676	1.5	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	Peter Madden	508	1.1	+1.1
	Fishing Party	Victor Shen	464	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			46620	97.5
Informal votes			1,040	2.5
Turnout			47,660	83.9
Two-candidate preferred result
	Independent	Clover Moore	20,651	53.1	-13.5
	Liberal	Adrian Bartels	18,220	46.9	+46.9
	Independent hold		Swing	-13.5

References

1. ^ "Sydney - NSW Votes 2011". ABC News. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/guide/sydn.htm. Retrieved 27 June 2011. 

External links

• "Sydney". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-27.