Sydney Burdekin

Sydney Burdekin (18 February 1839 – 17 December 1899) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Sydney to merchant Thomas Burdekin and Mary Ann Bossley. He was educated at Darlinghurst and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1859 with a Bachelor of Arts. He became a solicitor's clerk, but apparently did not become a solicitor, instead becoming a pastoralist in northern New South Wales and Queensland. On 24 January 1872 he married Catherine Byrne, with whom he had eight children. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Tamworth, but he was defeated in 1882 contesting South Sydney. Having moved to Sydney, he was elected to Sydney City Council in 1883; he would serve on that council until 1898. In 1884 he was returned to the Assembly via a by-election for East Sydney. He was Mayor of Sydney from 1890 to 1891, when he retired from the Assembly; however, he won a by-election for Hawkesbury in 1892, but was defeated again in 1894. A Free Trader, he also served as director of Sydney Hospital from 1878 to 1899. Burdekin died at Rooty Hill in 1899. His brother, Marshall Burdekin, was also a member of the Legislative Assembly.

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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New seat	Member for Tamworth 1880–1882 Served alongside: Robert Levien	Succeeded by John Gill
Preceded by George Reid	Member for East Sydney 1884–1891 Served alongside: Barton/Street/Bradley, Copeland/McMillan, Griffiths/Reid	Succeeded by Edmund Barton Varney Parkes
Preceded by Alexander Bowman	Member for Hawkesbury 1892–1894	Succeeded by William Morgan