Electoral districts of New South Wales

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The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from single-member electorates called districts, returning 93 members since the 1999 election. Prior to 1927 some districts returned multiple members, including 1920-1927 when all districts returned three, four or five members. Parramatta is the only district to have continuously existed since the establishment of the Assembly in 1856.

ElectorateCreatedAbolishedComments
Current districts as of 2023
Albury 18801920
1927
Auburn 1927
Badgerys Creek 19911999
2023
Ballina 18941904
1988
Balmain 188018942 members from 1882 to 1885
3 members 1885-1889
4 members 1889-1894
190419915 members 1920-1927
2007
Bankstown 1927
Barwon 18941904
1927
Bathurst 18593 members 1920-1927
Bega 18941920
1988
Blacktown 1941
Blue Mountains 1968
Cabramatta 1981
Camden 185919202 members 1859-1889
3 members 1889-1894
1981
Campbelltown 1968
Canterbury 185919202 members 1859-1892

3 members 1882-1885
4 members 1885-1894

1927
Castle Hill 2007
Cessnock 19131920
1927
Charlestown 1971
Clarence 18591920
1927
Coffs Harbour 1981
Coogee 1927
Cootamundra 190419413 members 1920-1927
2015
Cronulla 1959
Davidson 1971
Drummoyne 1913
Dubbo 18941904
1930
East Hills 1953
Epping 1999
Fairfield 1953
Gosford 1950
Goulburn 185919913 members 1920-1927
2007
Granville 18941920
1927
Hawkesbury 185919202 members 1859-1880
1927
Heathcote 19711991
1999
Heffron 1973
Holsworthy 2015
Hornsby 19271991
1999
Keira 1988
Kellyville 2023
Kiama 18591904
1981
Kogarah 1930
Lake Macquarie 1950
Lane Cove 19041913
1927
Leppington 2023
Lismore 18941904
19131920
1927
Liverpool 1950
Londonderry 1988
Macquarie Fields 19881991
1999
Maitland 19043 members 1920-1927
Manly 1927
Maroubra 1950
Miranda 1971
Monaro 18561920Known as Maneroo 1856-1857
1927
Mount Druitt 19711981
1991
Murray 185919992 members 1880-1894

3 members 1920-1927

2015
Myall Lakes 1988
Newcastle 185918943 members 1889-1894
19045 members 1920-1927
Newtown 185918943 members 1885-1891

4 members 1891-1894

19041950
2015
North Shore 192019275 members 1920-1927
1981
Northern Tablelands 192019273 members 1920-1927
1981
Oatley 19271930
2007
Orange 185919202 members 1880-1894
1927
Oxley 192019883 members 1920-1927
1991
Parramatta 18562 members 1859-1880

3 Members 1920-1927

Penrith 1973
Pittwater 1973
Port Macquarie 1988
Port Stephens 1988
Prospect 2015
Riverstone 1981
Rockdale 19271930
1941
Ryde 18941904
191319685 members 1920-1927
19811991
1999
Shellharbour 2007
South Coast 1927
Strathfield 1988
Summer Hill 2015
Swansea 1981
Sydney 192019275 members
2007
Tamworth 188019202 members 1880-1894
1927
Terrigal 2007
The Entrance 1988
Tweed 18941904
1999
Upper Hunter 185918942 members 1880-1894
19041920
1927
Vaucluse 1927
Wagga Wagga 18941904
19131920
1927
Wahroonga 2021Created from Ku-ring-gai in a redistribution in 2021. [1]
Wakehurst 1962
Wallsend 18941904
19171920
19271930
1968
Willoughby 18941920
19271988
1991
Winston Hills 2023
Wollondilly 190419813 members 1920-1927
2007
Wollongong 19041920
19271930
1968
Wyong 19621973
1988
Former districts
Alexandria 19041920
19271930
Allowrie 19041920
Alma 18941904
Annandale 18941920
19271950
Argyle 18561904
Armidale 18941920
19271981
Arncliffe 19301941
Ashburnham 18941920
19271950
Ashfield 18941920
19271959
19681999
Ashfield-Croydon 19591968
Balmain North 18941901
Balmain South 18941901
Balranald 18591894
Bass Hill 19621991
Bathurst (County) 18561859
Baulkham Hills 19912023
Belmore 19041920
Belubula 19041913
Bingara 18941920
Blayney 19041913
Bligh 19622007
Bogan 18591894
Bondi 19131920
19271971
Boorowa 18801904spelt "Booroowa" 1899–1901
Botany 18941950
Bourke 18801904
Bowral 18941904
Braidwood 18591904
Brisbane 18591859Queensland
Broken Hill 18941913
19681999
Bulli 19301971
19911997
Burnett 18591859Queensland
Burrangong 19041920
Burragorang 19881991
Burrendong 19681981
Burrinjuck 19502015
Burwood 18941920
19271988
Byron 19131988
Camperdown 19041920
Carcoar 18591894
Carlingford 19881991
Casino 19301968
19711981
Castlereagh 19041920
19271991
Central Cumberland 18591894
Clarence and Darling Downs 18561859
Clyde 19041913
Cobar 18941920
19321949
19651968
Collaroy 19501973
Concord 19301968
Condoublin 18941904
Cook and Westmoreland 18561859
Cook's River 19411973
Coonamble 18941904
Corrimal 19681988
Corowa 19041920
19271950
Cowra 18941904
Croydon 19271959
Cumberland 192019273 members
Cumberland Boroughs 18561859
Cumberland (North Riding) 18561859
Cumberland (South Riding) 18561859
Darling 19041913
Darling Downs 18591859Queensland
Darling Harbour 19041920
Darlinghurst 19041920
19501953
Darlington 18941904
Deniliquin 18941913
Dulwich Hill 19131920
19271968
Durham 185618593 members
18801920
Earlwood 19501991
East Camden 18581859
Eastern Division of Camden 18561857
Eastern Suburbs 192019275 members
East Maitland 18591904
East Macquarie 185918942 members
East Morton 18591859Queensland
East Sydney 185918944 members
Eastwood 19271930
19501999
Eden 18591904Called Eden-Bombala 1894-1904
Elizabeth 19811988
Enmore 19131920
19271930
Ermington 19911999
Forbes 188018942 members
Fuller 19681981
Georges River 19302007
Gladesville 19811999
Glebe 18591920
19271941
Glen Innes 18801904
Gloucester 18801920
19271988
Gloucester and Macquarie 18561859
Goldfields North 18591880
Goldfields South 18591880
Goldfields West 18591880
Gordon 19041920
19271999
Gough 19041920
Grafton 18801904
Grenfell 18801904
Gundagai 18801904
Gunnedah 18801904
Gwydir 18591894
19041920
Hamilton 19271971
Hartley 18591920
19271968
Hastings 18591880
Hastings and Manning 188018942 members
Hastings and Macleay 18941920
Hay 18941904
Hume 18591904
Hunter 18591894
Hurstville 19131920
19271999
Illawarra 18591904
19271968
19712007
Ingleburn 19811988
Inverell 18801904
Ipswich 18591859Queensland
Kahibah 18941920
19271930
19501971
Kembla 19681971
King 19041920
19271973
King and Georgiana 18561859
Kirribilli 19621981
Kurri Kurri 19271968
Ku-ring-gai 19732021Largely replaced by the electoral division of Wahroonga. [1]
Lachlan 18591880
18941920
19272007
Lachlan and Lower Darling 18561859
Lakemba 19272023
Leichhardt 18941920
19271962
Leichhardt, Queensland 18591859Queensland
Liverpool Plains 18591880
19041920
19271962
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir 18561859
Lower Hunter 18591880
Lyndhurst 19131920
Macleay 18801894
Macquarie 18941920
Manning 18941904
19881991
Marrickville 18941920
19272015
McKell 19881991
Menai 19992015
Merrylands 19591962
19681988
Middle Harbour 19041920
19881991
Minchinbury 19881991
Molong 18801904
Moorebank 19911999
Moree 18941904
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa 18561857Queensland
Morpeth 18591894
Moruya 18941904
Mosman 19131920
19271991
Mudgee 18591920
19271968
Mulgoa 19881991
1999
Munmorah 19731981
Murray-Darling 19992015
Murrumbidgee 18562015
Murwillumbah 19881999
Namoi 18801894
19041950
Narellan 18591880
Narrabri 18941904
Nepean 18591904
19271981
Neutral Bay 19271962
Newcastle East 18941904
Newcastle West 18941904
New England 18591894
New England and Macleay 18561859
Newtown-Annandale 19501953
Newtown-Camperdown 18941904
Newtown-Erskine 18941904
Newtown-St Peters 18941904
Northcott 19681999
North Eastern Boroughs 18561859
North Sydney 19271962
Northumberland 18591913
Northumberland and Hunter 18561859
Northumberland Boroughs 18561859
Paddington 18591920
19271959
Paddington-Waverley 19591962
Patrick's Plains 18591894
Paterson 18591880
Peats 19732007
Petersham 18941920
19301941
Phillip 19041920
19271981
Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh 18561859
Port Jackson 19912007
Pyrmont 19041913
Queanbeyan 18591913
Quirindi 18941904
Raleigh 18941920
19271981
Randwick 18941920
19271971
Redfern 18801920
19271968
Richmond 18801913
Robertson 18941904
Rous 18941913
Roxburgh 18561859
Rozelle 19041920
19271930
Rylstone 18941904
St George 18941930
St Leonards 18591920
St Marys 19811999
St Vincent 18561859
Seven Hills 19811991
20152023
Sherbrooke 18941913
Shoalhaven 18591904
Singleton 18941920
Smithfield 19882015
Southern Boroughs 18561859
Southern Highlands 19882007
South Sydney 188018944 Members
Stanley Boroughs 18561859Queensland
Stanley County 18561859Queensland
Sturt 188919683 Members 1920-1927
19711980
Surry Hills 19041920
19271930
Sutherland 19501971
19881999
Sydney City 18561857
Sydney-Belmore 18941904
Sydney-Bligh 18941904
Sydney-Cook 18941904
Sydney-Denison 18941904
Sydney-Fitzroy 18941904
Sydney-Flinders 18941904
Sydney-Gipps 18941904
Sydney Hamlets 185618592 members
Sydney-King 18941904
Sydney-Lang 18941904
Sydney-Phillip 18941904
Sydney-Pyrmont 18941904
Temora 19271981
Tenterfield 18591920
19271981
The Hills 19622007
Toongabbie 20072015
Tuggerah 19811988
Tumut 18591904
University of Sydney 18761880
United Counties of Murray and St Vincent 18561859
United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett,
Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis
18581859Queensland
Uralla-Walcha 18941904
Wammerawa 19201927
Waratah 18941913
19301999
Warringah 18941904
Waterloo 18941904
Waverley 18941920
19271959
19711991
Wellington 18591904
Wellington and Bligh 18561859
Wellington (County) 18561859
Wentworth 18801904
Wentworthville 19621991
19992007
West Camden 18581859
Western Division of Camden 18561857
West Macquarie 18591904
West Maitland 18591904
West Moreton 18591859Queensland
West Sydney 185918944 members
Western Boroughs 18561859
Western Suburbs 192019275 members
Wickham 18941920
Wilcannia 18941904
Williams 18591880
Willyama 19131920
Windsor 18591880
Wollombi 18591894
Wollongong-Kembla 19411968
Woollahra 18941962
Woronora 18941904
19731988
Wynyard 19041913
Yaralla 19681981
Yass 18941920
19301950
Yass Plains 18591894
Young 18801904
19271981

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