Electoral district of Parramatta

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Parramatta
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Parramatta.svg
Electoral district of Parramatta
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1856–present
MP Donna Davis
Party Labor
Namesake Parramatta
Electors 57,995 (2023)
Area36 km2 (13.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Parramatta:
Winston Hills Epping Ryde
Winston Hills
Granville
Parramatta Drummoyne
Granville Auburn
Granville
Auburn
Strathfield

Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was won by Donna Davis of the Labor Party in the 2023 NSW state election.

Contents

Parramatta is an urban electorate in Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the City of Parramatta.

Geography

Oh its current boundaries, Parramatta takes in the suburbs of Camellia, Carlingford, Dundas, Dundas Valley, Ermington, Granville, Harris Park, Melrose Park, North Parramatta, North Rocks, Oatlands, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Telopea and Westmead, as well as part of Mays Hill. [1]

History

Letter by Sir Thomas Bavin to the electors of Parramatta to support the candidature of General Lloyd in 1929. 11. Sir Thomas Bavin - circular, 15 February 1929, to the electors of Parramatta supporting the candidature of General Lloyd in the NSW state election.jpg
Letter by Sir Thomas Bavin to the electors of Parramatta to support the candidature of General Lloyd in 1929.

Parramatta is the only electorate to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856. It elected two members simultaneously from 1856 to 1880. In 1920, it absorbed Granville and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927, it was divided into the single-member electorates of Parramatta, Granville and Auburn.

For most of its single member history since 1927 and prior to 2011 Parramatta was a safe Labor Party seat. Prior to 2011 it was last held by the Liberals by John Books from 1988 to 1991. The Liberal Party had hopes of winning back the seat at the 1994 by-election when it was a marginal ALP seat but the ALP retained the seat with a huge swing towards it.

Labor went into the 2011 election holding the seat with a margin of 13.1 percent, but Liberal challenger Geoff Lee won it on a swing of 25.8 percent, turning it into a safe Liberal seat in one stroke. He was reelected in 2015, the first time in over 60 years that the Liberals (or their predecessors) have been reelected in the seat's single member incarnation.

Members for Parramatta

Two members (1856–1880)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Henry Parker None1856–1857  George Oakes None1856–1860
  James Byrnes None1858–1861 
   John Lackey None1860–1864
  Arthur Holroyd None1861–1864
  James Byrnes None1864–1872  James Farnell None1864–1874
  Hugh Taylor None1872–1880 
  Charles Byrnes None1874–1877
  William Long None1877–1880
Single-member (1880–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Byrnes None1880–1882
  Hugh Taylor None1882–1887
  Free Trade 1887–1894
  Dowell O'Reilly Ind. Free Trade 1894–1895
  Free Trade 1895–1898
  William Ferris Protectionist 1898–1901
  Tom Moxham Liberal Reform 1901–1916
  Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform 1916–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Three members (1920–1927)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Albert Bruntnell Nationalist 1920–1927  Bill Ely Labor 1920–1922  Jack Lang Labor 1920–1927
  Thomas Morrow Nationalist 1922–1925
  Bill Ely Labor 1925–1927
Single-member (1927–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Albert Bruntnell Nationalist 1927–1929
  Herbert Lloyd Nationalist 1929–1930
  Joseph Byrne Labor 1930–1932
  George Gollan United Australia 1932–1945
  Liberal 1945–1953
  Kevin Morgan Labor 1953–1956
  Jim Clough Liberal 1956–1959
  Dan Mahoney Labor 1959–1976
  Barry Wilde Labor 1976–1988
  John Books Liberal 1988–1991
  Andrew Ziolkowski Labor 1991–1994
  Gabrielle Harrison Labor 1994–2003
  Tanya Gadiel Labor 2003–2011
  Geoff Lee Liberal 20112023
  Donna Davis Labor 2023–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Donna Davis 22,70447.0+13.0
Liberal Katie Mullens17,15235.5−14.5
Greens Ben Hammond4,85210.0+2.1
One Nation Mritunjay Singh2,4645.1+5.1
Sustainable Australia David Moll1,1092.3+1.2
Total formal votes48,28196.9+0.2
Informal votes1,5193.1−0.2
Turnout 49,80085.9+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Donna Davis 26,35558.6+15.0
Liberal Katie Mullens18,65541.4−15.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +15.0

References

  1. "Parramatta". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. LA First Preference: Parramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Parramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.