Electoral district of Surry Hills
Appearance
Surry Hills was an
Surry Hills and was originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of part of the abolished seat of Sydney-Flinders and parts of Sydney-Cook and Randwick. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Sydney. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1930.[2][3][4]
Members for Surry Hills
First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Norton
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Independent | 1904–1906 | |
Albert Bruntnell | Liberal Reform | 1906–1907 | |
Sir James Graham | Liberal Reform | 1907–1910 | |
Henry Hoyle | Labor | 1910–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||
Arthur Buckley | Labor | 1917–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Tom Shannon | Labor | 1927–1930 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Shannon | 7,536 | 66.1 | ||
Nationalist | William Adkins | 3,694 | 32.4 | ||
Independent | John Salmon | 175 | 1.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,405 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 164 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 11,569 | 76.7 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
References
- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1927 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.