Electoral district of Canterbury

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Canterbury
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Canterbury
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1859–1920, 1927–present
MP Sophie Cotsis
Party Labor Party
Namesake Canterbury, New South Wales
Electors 57,164 (2019)
Area18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Electorates around Canterbury:
Bankstown Strathfield Summer Hill
Bankstown Canterbury Heffron
Oatley Kogarah Rockdale

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. [1]

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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. [2] [3]

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

First incarnation (1859-1920)

1859–1882, 2 members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Edward Flood   [4] None 1859–1860  Samuel Lyons   [5] None 1859–1860
  John Lucas   [6] None 1860–1865  Edward Raper   [7] None 1860–1864
   James Oatley   [8] None 1864–1869
  James Pemell   [9] None 1865–1868
  Richard Hill   [10] None 1868–1877
  Montagu Stephen   [11] None 1869–1870
   John Lucas   [6] None 1871–1880
  Henry Parkes   [12] None 1877–1880
  William Pigott   [13] None 1880–1882  William Henson   [14] None 1880–1882
1882–1885, 3 members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  William Pigott   [13] None 1882–1884  Henry Moses   [15] None 1882–1885  Septimus Stephen   [16] None 1882–1885
  Mark Hammond   [17] None 1884–1885
  William Henson   [14] None 1885–1885
1885–1894, 4 members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Mark Hammond   [17] None 1885–1887  William Henson   [14] None 1885–1887  Septimus Stephen   [16] None 1885–1887  William Judd   [18] None 1885–1887
  William Lovel Davis   [19] Free Trade 1887–1889  Free Trade 1887–1889  Alexander Hutchison   [20] Free Trade 1887–1891  Joseph Carruthers   [21] Free Trade 1887–1894
  James Wilshire   [22] Free Trade 1889–1891  John Wheeler   [23] Free Trade 1889–1891
  Cornelius Danahey   [24] Labor 1891–1894  James Eve   [25] Free Trade 1891–1894  Thomas Bavister   [26] Labor 1891–1894
1894–1920, 1 member
MemberPartyTerm
  Varney Parkes   [27] Free Trade 1894–1900
  Sydney Smith   [28] Free Trade 1900–1900
  Thomas Taylor   [29] Independent 1900–1901
  Thomas Mackenzie   [30] Liberal Reform 1901–1907
  Varney Parkes   [27] Independent Liberal 1907–1907
  Liberal Reform 1907–1913
  Henry Peters   [31] Labor 1913–1914
  George Cann   [32] Labor 1914–1920

Second incarnation (1927-present)

1927–present, 1 member
MemberPartyTerm
  Arthur Tonge   [33] Labor 1927–1932
  Edward Hocking   [34] United Australia 1932–1935
  Arthur Tonge   [33] Labor 1935–1962
  Kevin Stewart   [35] Labor 1962–1985
  Kevin Moss   [36] Labor 1986–2003
  Linda Burney   [37] Labor 2003–2016
  Sophie Cotsis   [38] Labor 2016–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Canterbury.[ edit ]
2023 New South Wales state election: Canterbury [39] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sophie Cotsis 28,89259.8+6.2
Liberal Nemr Boumansour8,34117.3−12.5
Greens Bradley Schott4,3549.0−2.2
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Hadchiti3,9418.2+8.2
Sustainable Australia Joe Sinacori1,3792.9+2.9
Animal Justice Kacey King1,3762.8+2.6
Total formal votes48,28395.3−0.1
Informal votes2,3864.7+0.1
Turnout 50,66986.5−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sophie Cotsis 32,82975.8+10.5
Liberal Nemr Boumansour10,49424.2−10.5
Labor hold Swing +10.5

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References

  1. ↑ "Ms Sophie Cotsis, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Canterbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Legislative Assembly District of Canterbury". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Mr Edward Flood (1805–1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mr Samuel Lyons (1826-1910)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Mr John Lucas (1818-1902)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mr Edward Raper (1806-1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Mr James Oatley (1817-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mr James Pemell (1816-1906)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mr Richard Hill (1810-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Mr Montagu Consett Stephen (1827-1872)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  13. 1 2 "Mr William Hilson Pigott (1839-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  14. 1 2 3 "Mr William Henson (1826-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  15. ↑ "Mr Henry Moses (1832-1926)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  16. 1 2 "Mr Septimus Alfred Stephen (1842-1901)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  17. 1 2 "Mr Mark John Hammond (1844-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  18. ↑ "Mr William George Judd (1847-1929)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Mr William Lovel Davis (1844-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "Mr Alexander Hutchison (1) (1838-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  21. ↑ "Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (1857-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Mr James Thompson Wilshire (1837 - 1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  23. ↑ "Mr John Wheeler (1853-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Mr Cornelius James Danahey (1856-1928)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  25. ↑ "Mr James Eve (1837-1911)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  26. ↑ "Mr Thomas Bavister (1850-1923)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  27. 1 2 "Mr Varney Parkes (1859-1935)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  28. ↑ "The Hon. Sydney Smith (1856–1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  29. ↑ "Mr Thomas Whitford Taylor". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  30. ↑ "Mr Thomas Fitzherbert Hawkins Mackenzie (1854-1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  31. ↑ "Mr Henry John Frederick Peters (1881–1918)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  32. ↑ "Mr John Henry Cann (1860-1940)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  33. 1 2 "Mr Arthur Tonge (1887-1963)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  34. ↑ "Mr Edward John Hocking (1874–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  35. ↑ "Kevin Stewart (1928–2006)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  36. ↑ "Mr Kevin Joseph Moss". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  37. ↑ "The Hon. Linda Jean Burney (1957 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  38. ↑ "The Hon. Sophie Cotsis, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  39. ↑ LA First Preference: Canterbury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  40. ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Canterbury, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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