Electoral district of East Sydney

East Sydney
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
East Sydney; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	1859
Abolished	1894
Namesake	East Sydney, New South Wales
Demographic	Urban

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.

Members for East Sydney

	Party	Period		Party	Period		Party	Period		Party	Period
Charles Cowper	None	1859–1859	John Black	None	1859–1860	Henry Parkes	None	1859–1861	James Martin	None	1859–1860
Peter Faucett	None	1860–1860	John Black	None	1859–1860				James Martin	None	1859–1860
Charles Cowper	None	1860–1867	Robert Stewart	None	1860–1864				John Caldwell	None	1860–1866
			Robert Stewart	None	1860–1864	William Forster	None	1861–1864
			James Hart	None	1864–1869	James Neale	None	1864–1869
									Robert Stewart	None	1866–1869
Marshall Burdekin	None	1867–1869							Robert Stewart	None	1866–1869
George King	None	1869–1872	David Buchanan	None	1869–1872	Henry Parkes	None	1869–1870	James Martin	None	1869–1872
George King	None	1869–1872	David Buchanan	None	1869–1872	Bowie Wilson	None	1870–1872	James Martin	None	1869–1872
James Neale	None	1872–1874	Saul Samuel	None	1872–1872	Henry Parkes	None	1872–1877	John Macintosh	None	1872–1880
James Neale	None	1872–1874	George Oakes	None	1872–1874
Charles Moore	None	1874–1874	George Oakes	None	1872–1874
John Davies	None	1874–1880	Alexander Stuart	None	1874–1879
			Alexander Stuart	None	1874–1879	James Greenwood	None	1877–1880
			Arthur Renwick	None	1879–1882	James Greenwood	None	1877–1880
George Reid	None	1880–1884	Arthur Renwick	None	1879–1882	Henry Parkes	None	1880–1882	Henry Dangar	None	1880–1882
			Edmund Barton	None	1882–1887	John McElhone	None	1882–1883	George Griffiths	None	1882–1885
						Henry Copeland	None	1883–1887
Sydney Burdekin	None	1884–1887
	None	1884–1887							George Reid	None	1885–1887
	Free Trade	1887–1891	John Street	Free Trade	1887–1891	William McMillan	Free Trade	1887–1894		Free Trade	1887–1894
	Free Trade	1887–1891	Walter Bradley	Protectionist	1891–1891
Varney Parkes	Free Trade	1891–1894	Edmund Barton	Protectionist	1891–1894

Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: East Sydney
Wednesday 17 June ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	William McMillan (re-elected 1)	3,713	19.2
	Protectionist	Edmund Barton (elected 2)	3,535	18.3
	Free Trade	Varney Parkes (elected 3)	3,343	17.3
	Ind. Free Trade	George Reid (re-elected 4)	2,946	15.2
	Protectionist	William Manning	2,260	11.7
	Labour	William Grantham	2,241	11.6
	Protectionist	Walter Bradley	1,328	6.9
Total formal votes			19,366	99.7
Informal votes			65	0.3
Turnout			6,475	64.5
	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]

References

^ "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 12 December 2019.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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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[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.

[Elections_East_Sydney_1859-1894-3] 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.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_East_Sydney-4] 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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