Electoral district of Sydney

Sydney New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
File:Nsw electoral district sydney 2015.svg Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1920–1927 2007–present
MP	Alex Greenwich
Party	Independent
Area	15.9 km2 (6.1 sq mi)

Sydney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Inner Sydney. It includes the Sydney CBD; the suburbs and localities of Barangaroo, Broadway, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, Darlinghurst, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay, Haymarket, Millers Point, Paddington, Potts Point, Pyrmont, The Rocks, Woolloomooloo, Wynyard; and parts of Edgecliff, Rushcutters Bay, Surry Hills, Ultimo and Woollahra.

Independent Alex Greenwich has represented the seat since the 2012 Sydney by-election, triggered by the resignation of previous independent Clover Moore, who was the Lord Mayor of Sydney, due to introduced state laws preventing dual membership of state parliament and local council.

History

In the first Parliament of the New South Wales colony, 1856-57, there was a four-member electoral district called Sydney City with voters casting four votes, and the four leading candidates being elected. In 1859, it was replaced by the four-member districts of East Sydney and West Sydney. In 1894, the three four-member districts of East Sydney, West Sydney and South Sydney (created in 1880) were replaced by ten single-member districts with "Sydney" in their title: Sydney-Belmore, Sydney-Bligh, Sydney-Cook, Sydney-Denison, Sydney-Fitzroy, Sydney-Flinders, Sydney-Gipps, Sydney-King, Sydney-Lang, Sydney-Phillip and Sydney-Pyrmont. From 1904, these electorates were renamed or abolished.

In 1920, the inner-city electoral districts of Belmore, Darlinghurst, King, Paddington, Phillip and Surry Hills were combined to create a new incarnation of Sydney, which elected five members by proportional representation. This was replaced by the single member electorates of King, Paddington, Phillip and Surry Hills for the 1927 election.

Sydney was recreated for the 2007 election, largely replacing the abolished district of Bligh.

Members for Sydney

First incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Daniel Levy	Nationalist	1920–1927		Arthur Buckley	Labor	1920–1922		John Birt	Labor	1920–1925		Michael Burke	Labor	1920–1922		Patrick Minahan	Labor	1920–1925
					Joseph Jackson	Nationalist	1922–1927						Greg McGirr	Labor	1922–1925
														Young Australia	1925–1925
													Michael Burke	Labor	1925–1927		William Holdsworth	Labor	1925–1927
									Patrick Minahan	Labor	1925–1927

Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Clover Moore	Independent	2007–2012
	Alex Greenwich	Independent	2012–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Sydney

New South Wales state election, 2015: Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alex Greenwich	16,947	39.6	+39.6
	Liberal	Patrice Pandeleos	14,037	32.8	−6.1
	Labor	Edwina Lloyd	6,303	14.7	+4.3
	Greens	Chris Brentin	4,156	9.7	−2.6
	No Land Tax	David Pelzman	495	1.2	+1.2
	Christian Democrats	Elaine Addae	367	0.9	−0.2
		Joanna Rzetelski	230	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Victor Taffa	213	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			42,748	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,047	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			43,795	82.5	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrice Pandeleos	16,212	56.7	−11.3
	Labor	Edwina Lloyd	12,401	43.3	+11.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Alex Greenwich	20,612	58.1	+7.8
	Liberal	Patrice Pandeleos	14,885	41.9	−7.8
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.8