Electoral district of Redfern

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Redfern was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Redfern. It extended to Botany Bay and was bordered by Rainbow Street (Redfern), Anzac Parade, the southern edge of Moore Park, South Dowling Street, Cleveland Street, City Road, King Street (Newtown), Alexandra Canal and Cooks River. It elected two members from 1880 to 1882, three members from 1882 to 1887 and four members from 1887 until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Redfern, Botany, Darlington, Waterloo and part of Newtown-Erskine. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1968. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Redfern

Two members (1880–1882)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Alfred Fremlin None1880–1882  John Sutherland None1880–1882
  Francis Wright None1882
Three members (1882–1887)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Alfred Fremlin None1882–1885  Francis Wright None1882–1885  John Sutherland None1882–1887
  Arthur Renwick None1885–1887  Thomas Williamson None1885–1887
Four members (1887–1894)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  William Stephen Free Trade 1887–1891  William Schey Free Trade 1887–1889  John Sutherland Free Trade 1887–1889  James Farnell Free Trade 1887–1888


 		 Peter Howe Protectionist 1888–1891
  Charles Goodchap Protectionist 1889–1891
  William Schey Protectionist 1889–1894
  James McGowen Labour 1891–1894  Henry Hoyle Protectionist 1891–1894  William Sharp Labour 1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  James McGowen Labour 1894–1917
  William McKell Labor 1917–1920
 
Single-member (1927–1968)
MemberPartyTerm
  William McKell Labor 1927–1947
  George Noble Labor 1947–1949
  Kevin Dwyer Labor 1949–1950
  Fred Green Labor 1950–1968

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Redfern [ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Redfern  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fred Green 14,45372.4−9.4
Liberal Gerald Bayliss4,81124.1+10.7
Communist Cecil Sharrock7033.5−1.4
Total formal votes19,96796.6−1.2
Informal votes6923.4+1.2
Turnout 20,65991.1+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 15,01575.2−10.5
Liberal Gerald Bayliss4,95224.8+10.5
Labor hold Swing −10.5

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Redfern". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Redfern". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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