Electoral district of Phillip

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Phillip was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, in central Sydney and named after Arthur Phillip. It was originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[1] It consisted of part of the abolished seats of Sydney-Phillip and Darlington. It was initially south of Liverpool Street, east of George Street and City Road, north of Cleveland Street and west of Elizabeth Street. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Sydney. Phillip was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1981 and partly replaced by Elizabeth.^[2]^[3]^[4] From 1973 to 1981 it included Lord Howe Island.^[5]

Members for Phillip

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Phillip Sullivan	Labour	1904–1907
	Richard Meagher	Independent	1907–1910
		Labor	1910–1917
		Independent Labor	1917–1917
	John Doyle	Labor	1917–1920

Second incarnation (1927–1981)
Member		Party	Term
	Michael Burke	Labor	1927–1930
	Tom Shannon	Labor	1930–1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1954
	Pat Hills	Labor	1954–1981

Election results

1978 New South Wales state election: Phillip ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hills	18,450	72.4	+2.9
	Liberal	Philip Daley	4,873	19.1	-3.5
	Communist	Judy Mundey	1,262	5.0	-0.7
	Socialist Workers	Gordon Adler	895	3.5	+1.3
Total formal votes			25,480	96.1	−0.8
Informal votes			1,043	3.9	+0.8
Turnout			26,523	85.2	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hills	20,320	79.7	+3.7
	Liberal	Philip Daley	5,160	20.3	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

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References

↑ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
↑ "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT, 1912-1973". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1973. p. 2950. Retrieved 29 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Green, Antony. "1978 Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[1] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Green_Phillip-2] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[3] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[4] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[5] "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT, 1912-1973". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1973. p. 2950. Retrieved 29 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[Results_of_the_1978_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1978_Phillip-6] Green, Antony. "1978 Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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