Newtown
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1859–1894
1904–1920
1927–1950
2015–present
MPJenny Leong
PartyGreens
NamesakeNewtown
Electors56,412 (2019)
Area10.29 km2 (4.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Newtown:
Summer Hill Balmain Sydney
Summer Hill Newtown Heffron
Summer Hill Heffron Heffron

Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the inner Sydney 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

Newtown 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

Single-member (1859–1880)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Newtown
2023 New South Wales state election: Newtown[23][24][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. ^ "Map of electorate of Newtown" (PDF). NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "The Hon Alexander McArthur (1814-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Thomas Holt (1811-1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Mr Stephen Campbell Brown (1829-1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Mr William John Foster (1831-1909)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Mr Joseph Earl Cherry Mitchell (1840-1897)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  11. ^ "The Hon. Henry Copeland (1839-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Mr Frederick Jamison Gibbes (1839-1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Mr James Francis Smith (1844-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Mr Nicholas Hawken (1836-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Mr Joseph Abbott (1843-1903)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Mr Edmund William Molesworth (1847-1923)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Mr Francis Cotton (1857-1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Mr John Hindle (1857-1857)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Mr Robert Hollis (1851–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Mr Francis Michael Burke (1876–1949)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Mrs Lilian Fowler (1887-1954)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  22. ^ "Ms Jenny Leong MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  23. ^ LA First Preference: Newtown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  24. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Newtown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  25. ^ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Newtown, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  26. ^ Green, Antony. "2020/21 NSW Redistribution: Analysis of Draft Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

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