Electoral district of North Sydney

Last updated July 04, 2025

North Sydney was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Created in 1927, it replaced part of the multi-member electorate of North Shore, and was named after and included the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Kirribilli.^[1]

Members for North Sydney

	Party	Period
Ernest Marks ^[2]	Nationalist	1927–1930
Ben Howe ^[3]	Labor	1930–1932
Hubert Primrose ^[4]	United Australia	1932–1941
James Geraghty ^[5]	Labor	1941–1950
James Geraghty ^[5]	Independent Labor	1950–1953
Ray Maher ^[6]	Labor	1953–1962

Election results

1959 New South Wales state election: North Sydney ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ray Maher	10,694	49.8
	Liberal	Russell Newton	9,513	44.3
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	899	4.2
	Independent	Francis Ferry	377	1.7
Total formal votes			21,483	97.6
Informal votes			526	2.4
Turnout			22,009	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Maher	11,026	51.3
	Liberal	Russell Newton	10,457	48.7
	Labor hold		Swing

References

↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
↑ "Mr Ernest Samuel Marks (1872–1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Benjamin Howe". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Hubert Leslie Primrose (1882–1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
↑ "Mr James Leo Geraghty (1896–1960)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "The Hon. Raphael Septimus Maher (1911 – 1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "1959 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[Green_North_Sydney-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[Ernest_Marks]_NSW_parl-2] "Mr Ernest Samuel Marks (1872–1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[Ben_Howe_NSW_Parl-3] "Mr Benjamin Howe". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[NSW_parl-4] "Mr Hubert Leslie Primrose (1882–1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[James_Geraghty_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr James Leo Geraghty (1896–1960)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Ray_Maher_NSW_parl-6] "The Hon. Raphael Septimus Maher (1911 – 1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Results_of_the_1959_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1959_North_Sydney-7] Green, Antony. "1959 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Electoral district of North Sydney

Contents

Members for North Sydney

Election results

References