North Sydney was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Created in 1927, it replaced part of the multi-member electorate of North Shore, and was named after and included the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Kirribilli.[1]

Members for North Sydney

Member Party Period
  Ernest Marks [2] Nationalist 1927–1930
  Ben Howe [3] Labor 1930–1932
  Hubert Primrose [4] United Australia 1932–1941
  James Geraghty [5] Labor 1941–1950
  Independent Labor 1950–1953
  Ray Maher [6] Labor 1953–1962

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of North Sydney
1959 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ray Maher 10,694 49.8
Liberal Russell Newton 9,513 44.3
Democratic Labor Michael Fitzpatrick 899 4.2
Independent Francis Ferry 377 1.7
Total formal votes 21,483 97.6
Informal votes 526 2.4
Turnout 22,009 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,026 51.3
Liberal Russell Newton 10,457 48.7
Labor hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr Ernest Samuel Marks (1872–1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr Benjamin Howe". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Hubert Leslie Primrose (1882–1942)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr James Leo Geraghty (1896-1960)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Hon. Raphael Septimus Maher (1911 - 1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1959 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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