Electoral district of East Sydney

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East Sydney
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State New South Wales
Created1859
Abolished1894
Namesake East Sydney, New South Wales
DemographicUrban

East Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly, [1] [2] [3] in the Australian colony of New South Wales created in 1859 from part of the Electoral district of Sydney City, covering the eastern part of the current Sydney central business district, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay and Darlinghurst, bordered by George Street to the east, Boundary Street to the west, and, from the creation of South Sydney in 1880, Liverpool Street and Oxford Street, to the south. It elected four members simultaneously, with voters casting four votes and the first four candidates being elected. For the 1894 election, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Sydney-King, Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh.

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Members for East Sydney

MemberPartyPeriodMemberPartyPeriodMemberPartyPeriodMemberPartyPeriod
  Charles Cowper None1859–1859  John Black None1859–1860  Henry Parkes None1859–1861  James Martin None1859–1860
  Peter Faucett None1860–1860
  Charles Cowper None1860–1867
 		 Robert Stewart None1860–1864

 		 John Caldwell None1860–1866
  William Forster None1861–1864


 		 James Hart None1864–1869  James Neale None1864–1869

 		 Robert Stewart None1866–1869
  Marshall Burdekin None1867–1869
  George King None1869–1872  David Buchanan None1869–1872  Henry Parkes None1869–1870  James Martin None1869–1872
  Bowie Wilson None1870–1872

 		 James Neale None1872–1874  Saul Samuel None1872–1872  Henry Parkes None1872–1877  John Macintosh None1872–1880
  George Oakes None1872–1874
  Charles Moore None1874–1874
  John Davies None1874–1880
 		 Alexander Stuart None1874–1879
  James Greenwood None1877–1880

 		 Arthur Renwick None1879–1882
  George Reid None1880–1884  Henry Parkes None1880–1882  Henry Dangar None1880–1882
  Edmund Barton None1882–1887  John McElhone None1882–1883

 		 George Griffiths None1882–1885
  Henry Copeland None1883–1887
  Sydney Burdekin None1884–1887
  George Reid None1885–1887
  Free Trade 1887–1891  John Street Free Trade 1887–1891  William McMillan Free Trade 1887–1894  Free Trade 1887–1894
  Walter Bradley Protectionist 1891–1891
  Varney Parkes Free Trade 1891–1894  Edmund Barton Protectionist 1891–1894

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § East Sydney.[ edit ]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: East Sydney
Wednesday 17 June  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William McMillan (re-elected 1)3,71319.2
Protectionist Edmund Barton (elected 2)3,53518.3
Free Trade Varney Parkes (elected 3)3,34317.3
Ind. Free Trade George Reid (re-elected 4)2,94615.2
Protectionist William Manning 2,26011.7
Labor William Grantham2,24111.6
Protectionist Walter Bradley 1,3286.9
Total formal votes19,36699.7
Informal votes650.3
Turnout 6,47564.5
  Free Trade hold 2
  Protectionist hold 1
 Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade
Walter Bradley (Protectionist) won a seat at the 1891 East Sydney by-election and Edmund Barton (Protectionist) held it at this election. George Reid whilst a Free Trader, did not support the Free Trade government of Sir Henry Parkes. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Sydney 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1891 East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2020.


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