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Electoral district of Canterbury

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

FieldValue
nameCanterbury
statensw
image
captionInteractive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan1859–1920, 1927–present
mpSophie Cotsis
mp-partyLabor Party
namesakeCanterbury, New South Wales
electors57164
electors_year2019
area18
classInner metropolitan
near-nStrathfield
near-neSummer Hill
near-eHeffron
near-seRockdale
near-sKogarah
near-swOatley
near-wBankstown
near-nwBankstown

|mp-party = Labor Party | near-n = Strathfield | near-ne = Summer Hill | near-e = Heffron | near-se = Rockdale | near-s = Kogarah | near-sw = Oatley | near-w = Bankstown | near-nw = Bankstown Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, currently represented by Sophie Cotsis of the Labor Party.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Canterbury includes the suburbs of Belmore, Campsie, Canterbury, Clemton Park, Earlwood, Lakemba, Undercliffe, and parts of Beverly Hills, Kingsgrove, Roselands, and Wiley Park.

History

Canterbury was created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (South Riding), named after and including the then town, now Sydney suburb, of Canterbury. It was bordered on the east by Glebe and Newtown, and from 1880, Balmain and Redfern and stretched in the north to Drummoyne and Rhodes, south to Georges River and west to a line between Salt Pan Creek and Homebush Bay. It was a multi-member electorate, electing two members until 1882 and then four members until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Canterbury, Ashfield, Burwood, Petersham and St George. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927, and has been held by Labor for all but one term since. In recent decades it has become one of Labor's safest seats.

Members for Canterbury

1859–1882, 2 membersMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm1882–1885, 3 membersMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm1885–1894, 4 membersMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm1894–1920, 1 memberMemberPartyTerm1927–present, 1 memberMemberPartyTerm
title=Mr Edward Flood (1805–1888)id=308former=Yesaccess-date=21 May 2019}}None1859–1860Samuel LyonsNone1859–1860
John LucasNone1860–1865title=Mr Edward Raper (1806-1882)id=311former=Yesaccess-date=22 May 2019}}None1860–1864
Other}}James OatleyNone1864–1869
title=Mr James Pemell (1816-1906)id=437former=Yesaccess-date=9 June 2019}}None1865–1868
Other}}Richard HillNone1868–1877
title=Mr Montagu Consett Stephen (1827-1872)id=576former=Yesaccess-date=16 June 2019}}None1869–1870
Other}}John LucasNone1871–1880
name=Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896)id=426former=Yesaccess-date=5 April 2019}}None1877–1880
name=Mr William Hilson Pigott (1839-1909)id=745former=Yesaccess-date=1 May 2019}}None1880–1882William HensonNone1880–1882
William PigottNone1882–1884Other}}Henry MosesNone1882–1885Other}}Septimus StephenNone1882–1885
Mark HammondNone1884–1885
William HensonNone1885–1885
Mark HammondNone1885–1887William HensonNone1885–1887Septimus StephenNone1885–1887William JuddNone1885–1887
name=Mr William Lovel Davis (1844-1932)former=Yesaccess-date=1 May 2019id=838}}1887–18891887–1889Free Trade}}Alexander Hutchison1887–1891Free Trade}}Joseph Carruthers1887–1894
James Wilshire1889–1891John Wheeler1889–1891
title = Mr Cornelius James Danahey (1856-1928)id=1014former=Yesaccess-date=21 May 2019}}1891–1894name=Mr James Eve (1837-1911)former=Yesaccess-date=1 May 2019id=711}}1891–1894id=925name=Mr Thomas Bavister (1850-1923)former=Yesaccess-date=3 May 2019}}1891–1894
name=Mr Varney Parkes (1859-1935)id=1020former=Yesaccess-date=16 October 2011}}1894–1900
Sydney Smith1900–1900
Thomas Taylor1900–1901
Thomas Mackenzie1901–1907
Varney Parkes1907–1907
1907–1913
Henry Peters1913–1914
title =Mr John Henry Cann (1860-1940)id=1064former=Yesaccess-date=7 May 2019}}1914–1920
id=1458former=Yestitle=Mr Arthur Tonge (1887-1963)access-date=10 May 2019}}1927–1932
title = Mr Edward John Hocking (1874–1944)id=1267former=Yesaccess-date=22 May 2019 }}1932–1935
Arthur Tonge1935–1962
Kevin Stewart1962–1985
id=2021name=Mr Kevin Joseph Mossformer=Yesaccess-date=6 May 2019}}1986–2003
name=The Hon. Linda Jean Burney (1957 - )id=19former=Yesaccess-date=2 April 2019}}2003–2016
name=The Hon. Sophie Cotsis, MPid=53access-date=3 April 2019}}2016–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Canterbury

References

References

  1. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  2. "Canterbury". [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]].
  3. "The Legislative Assembly District of Canterbury".
  4. "Mr Edward Flood (1805–1888)".
  5. "Mr Samuel Lyons (1826-1910)".
  6. "Mr John Lucas (1818-1902)".
  7. "Mr Edward Raper (1806-1882)".
  8. "Mr James Oatley (1817-1878)".
  9. "Mr James Pemell (1816-1906)".
  10. "Mr Richard Hill (1810-1895)".
  11. "Mr Montagu Consett Stephen (1827-1872)".
  12. {{cite NSW Parliament
  13. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  14. "Mr William Henson (1826-1903)".
  15. "Mr Henry Moses (1832-1926)".
  16. "Mr Septimus Alfred Stephen (1842-1901)".
  17. "Mr Mark John Hammond (1844-1908)".
  18. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  19. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  20. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  21. "Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (1857-1932)".
  22. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  23. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  24. "Mr Cornelius James Danahey (1856-1928)".
  25. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  26. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  27. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  28. "The Hon. Sydney Smith (1856–1934)".
  29. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  30. "Mr Thomas Fitzherbert Hawkins Mackenzie (1854-1934)".
  31. "Mr Henry John Frederick Peters (1881–1918)".
  32. "Mr John Henry Cann (1860-1940)".
  33. "Mr Arthur Tonge (1887-1963)".
  34. "Mr Edward John Hocking (1874–1944)".
  35. "Kevin Stewart (1928–2006)".
  36. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  37. {{cite NSW Parliament
  38. {{cite NSW Parliament
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