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Electoral district of Sydney

New South Wales state electoral division

Field	Value
name	Sydney
state	nsw
image
caption	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan	1920–1927
2007–present
mp	Alex Greenwich
mp-party	Independent
namesake	Sydney
electors	55131
electors_year	2019
area	15.9
class	Inner-metropolitan
near-n	North Shore
near-ne	North Shore
near-e	Vaucluse
near-se	Coogee
near-s	Heffron
near-sw	Newtown
near-w	Balmain
near-nw	Lane Cove

Note

the New South Wales state electorate

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.

Geography

Sydney includes the Sydney CBD. On its current boundaries, Sydney takes in 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, Surry Hills, Rushcutters Bay; and parts of Ultimo.

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 eleven 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. 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. However, the NSW Electoral Commission eventually decided to retain the island within the electorate of Port Macquarie, which has included the island since 1991.

Members for Sydney

First incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members)	Party	Term	Member	Member	Party	Term	Member	Term	Member	Term
Nationalist}}	Daniel Levy		1920–1927	title=Mr Arthur William Buckley (1891–1974)	id=1512	former=Yes	access-date=7 May 2019}}	1920–1922	Labor NSW}}	John Birt	1920–1925	Michael Burke	1920–1922
Nationalist}}	Joseph Jackson		1922–1927	Greg McGirr		1922–1925
		1925–1925
Labor NSW}}	Michael Burke		1925–1927	William Holdsworth		1925–1927
	Patrick Minahan		1925–1927

Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)	Member	Party	Term
		name=Ms Clover Moore (1945- )	id=2131	former=Yes	access-date=5 May 2019}}		2007–2012
		name=Mr (Alex) Alexander Hart Greenwich MP	id=98	access-date=26 August 2018}}		2012–present

Election results

References

(27 June 1919). "ELECTORAL DISTRICTS COMMISSION.". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales.
(26 November 2020). "Lord Howe Island's proposed move to Sydney electorate resisted by Port Macquarie MP". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
(20 August 2021). "Electoral Districts Redistribution Panel determination of New South Wales electoral districts". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
"Sir Daniel Levy (1872–1937)".
"Mr Arthur William Buckley (1891–1974)".
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"Mr Michael Burke (2) (1865–1937)".
"Mr Patrick Joseph Minahan (1866–1933)".
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"Mr John Joseph Gregory "Greg" McGirr (1879-1949)".
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