Burwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including the Sydney suburb of Burwood. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Ryde, along with Drummoyne, Gordon and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1988 and partly replaced by Strathfield.[2][3][4]

Members for Burwood

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member Party Term
  William McMillan Free Trade 1894–1898
  William Archer Independent 1898–1904
  Thomas Henley Liberal Reform 1904–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1988)
Member Party Term
  Sir Thomas Henley Nationalist 1927–1932
  United Australia 1932–1935
  Gordon Jackett [a] United Australia 1935–1938
  Harrie Mitchell United Australia 1938–1941
  Gordon Jackett [a] Ind. United Australia 1941–1944
  Democratic 1944–1945
  Liberal 1945–1951
  Leslie Parr Liberal 1951–1956
  Ben Doig Liberal 1957–1965
  Independent 1965–1965
  John Jackett [a] Liberal 1965–1978
  Phil O'Neill Labor 1978–1984
  Paul Zammit Liberal 1984–1988

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Burwood (New South Wales)
1984 New South Wales state election: Burwood [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Zammit 14,377 49.9 +8.1
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,556 47.1 -8.1
Democrats Stephen Kirkham 857 3.0 -0.1
Total formal votes 28,790 97.4 +0.9
Informal votes 775 2.6 -0.9
Turnout 29,565 92.8 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Paul Zammit 14,802 51.6 +8.8
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,869 48.4 -8.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.8

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Gordon Jackett was the father of John Jackett.[5]

References

  1. ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Burwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Mr Harry Gordon Jackett (1887-1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
    "Mr John Gordon Thorne Jackett". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Burwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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