Division of Sydney

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Sydney
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of SYDNEY 2016.png
Division of Sydney in Greater Sydney, as of the 2019 federal election
Created1968
MP Tanya Plibersek
Party Labor
Namesake Sydney
Electors 125,421 (2022)
Area44 km2 (17.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Sydney is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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History

The City of Sydney, the division's namesake Sydney skyline from the north August 2016 (29009142591).jpg
The City of Sydney, the division's namesake

The division draws its name from Sydney, the most populous city in Australia, which itself was named after former British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 21 November 1968, replacing the old Division of Dalley, Division of East Sydney and Division of West Sydney; it was first contested at the 1969 election.

The seat is a safe seat for the Labor Party (ALP) which has never polled less than 60% of the two-party preferred vote at any election. In line with a national trend towards progressive inner-city voting, the seat had the highest number of Green votes in any federal electorate in 2004, though by 2013 it had dropped to seventh-highest. The current Member for the Division of Sydney, since the 1998 federal election, is Tanya Plibersek, a member of the ALP and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Sydney is currently Labor's third safest seat, with 68.67% on the 2PP.

As at the 2001 census, the electorate had the highest number of same-sex couples in Australia (2,265). [1]

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [2]

The division is located around the City of Sydney and includes many inner suburbs such as Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Broadway, Chippendale, Darlington, Erskineville, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Haymarket, Millers Point, Pyrmont, Redfern, Rosebery, The Rocks, Ultimo, Waterloo, Zetland and parts of Annandale, Camperdown and Newtown in the Inner West, as well as Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo and Kings Cross in the Eastern Suburbs. Lord Howe Island, within the Tasman Sea and some 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-east of the Sydney central business district, is located within the division; as are the harbour islands from Spectacle Island to the Sydney Heads, and all the waters of Port Jackson, except for Middle Harbour and North Harbour. [3]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Jim Cope 1970 (cropped).jpg Jim Cope
(1907–1999)
Labor 25 October 1969
11 November 1975
Previously held the Division of Watson. Served as Speaker during the Whitlam Government. Retired
  James Leslie McMahon.jpg Les McMahon
(1930–2015)
Labor 13 December 1975
4 February 1983
Lost preselection and retired
  No image.svg Peter Baldwin
(1951–)
Labor 5 March 1983
31 August 1998
Previously a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Tanya Plibersek.png Tanya Plibersek
(1969–)
Labor 3 October 1998
present
Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Sydney [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tanya Plibersek 52,41050.82+1.41
Greens Chetan Sahai23,73223.01+4.94
Liberal Alexander Andruska20,27619.66−6.95
United Australia Ryan McAlister2,2982.23+0.79
One Nation Ben Ferguson1,8891.83+1.83
Socialist Alliance Andrew Chuter1,5181.47+1.47
Australian Citizens Wen Zhou1,0020.97+0.97
Total formal votes103,12596.72+0.53
Informal votes3,4993.28−0.53
Turnout 106,62485.01−1.29
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Tanya Plibersek 77,93375.57+6.90
Liberal Alexander Andruska25,19224.43−6.90
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Tanya Plibersek 68,77066.69−1.98
Greens Chetan Sahai34,35533.31+33.31
Labor hold 
Primary votes results in Sydney

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References

  1. "Same-sex couples by Commonwealth Electoral Division". Australian Parliament House Library. Parliament of Australia. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  2. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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