Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Newtown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1859–1894 1904–1920 1927–1950 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Jenny Leong | ||||||||||||||
Party | Greens | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Newtown | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,412 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 10.29 km2 (4.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
editOn its current boundaries, Newtown includes the suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale, Darlington, Eveleigh, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore and Petersham and parts of Waterloo, Erskineville, Camperdown, Marrickville and Lewisham. It is held by Jenny Leong of the Greens.[1]
History
editNewtown was originally created in 1859, and named after and including Newtown. It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1891 and four members from 1891 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville.
Newtown was re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90 which saw the districts of Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine and Newtown-St Peters abolished and replaced by Newtown and Camperdown.[2][3][4]
In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. Newtown was recreated in 1927 and combined with part of Annandale and renamed Newtown-Annandale in 1950.[5]
Newtown was recreated at the 2013 redistribution, partly replacing Marrickville.
Members for Newtown
editSingle-member (1859–1880) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Alexander McArthur [6] | None | 1859–1861 | |
Thomas Holt [7] | None | 1861–1864 | |
Stephen Brown [8] | None | 1864–1880 |
Two members (1880–1885) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
Stephen Brown [8] | None | 1880–1881 | William Foster [9] | None | 1880–1882 | ||
Joseph Mitchell [10] | None | 1881–1882 | |||||
Henry Copeland [11] | None | 1882–1883 | Frederick Gibbes [12] | None | 1882–1885 | ||
Joseph Mitchell [10] | None | 1883–1885 |
Three members (1885–1891) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
James Francis Smith [13] | None | 1885–1887 | Frederick Gibbes [12] | None | 1885–1888 | William Foster [9] | None | 1885–1888 | |||
Nicholas Hawken [14] | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | Free Trade | 1887–1888 | Free Trade | 1887–1888 | |||||
Joseph Abbott [15] | Free Trade | 1888–1891 | Joseph Mitchell [10] | Free Trade | 1888–1889 | ||||||
Edmund Molesworth [16] | Free Trade | 1889–1891 |
Four members (1891–1894) | |||||||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||
Francis Cotton [17] | Labor | 1891–1894 | Edmund Molesworth [16] | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | Joseph Abbott [15] | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | John Hindle [18] | Labor | 1891–1894 |
Single-member (1904–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Robert Hollis [19] | Labor | 1904–1916 | |
Nationalist | 1916–1917 | ||
Frank Burke [20] | Labor | 1917–1920 | |
Single-member (1927–1950) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Frank Burke [20] | Labor | 1927–1939 | |
Industrial Labor | 1939–1939 | ||
Labor | 1939–1944 | ||
Lilian Fowler [21] | Lang Labor | 1944–1950 | |
Single-member (2015–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Jenny Leong [22] | Greens | 2015–present |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Greens | Jenny Leong | 26,758 | 54.1 | +9.9 | |
Labor | David Hetherington | 15,104 | 30.5 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Fiona Douskou | 6,365 | 12.9 | −1.7 | |
Sustainable Australia | Christopher Thomas | 1,275 | 2.6 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 49,502 | 98.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 769 | 1.5 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,271 | 84.4 | −0.8 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | David Hetherington | 35,145 | 82.3 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Fiona Douskou | 7,553 | 17.7 | −4.1 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Greens | Jenny Leong | 28,015 | 62.1 | +0.7 | |
Labor | David Hetherington | 17,094 | 37.9 | −0.7 | |
Greens hold | Swing | +0.7 |
References
edit- ^ "Map of electorate of Newtown" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "The Hon Alexander McArthur (1814-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Holt (1811-1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Stephen Campbell Brown (1829-1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr William John Foster (1831-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Mr Joseph Earl Cherry Mitchell (1840-1897)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Henry Copeland (1839-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Frederick Jamison Gibbes (1839-1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr James Francis Smith (1844-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Nicholas Hawken (1836-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Mr Joseph Abbott (1843-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Edmund William Molesworth (1847-1923)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Francis Cotton (1857-1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Hindle (1857-1857)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Robert Hollis (1851–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Francis Michael Burke (1876–1949)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mrs Lilian Fowler (1887-1954)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Ms Jenny Leong MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Newtown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Newtown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Newtown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2020/21 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Draft Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
External links
edit- "Newtown". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.