| Canterbury | |
| State: | nsw |
| Lifespan: | 1859–1920, 1927–present |
| Mp-Party: | Labor Party |
| Namesake: | Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Electors: | 57164 |
| Electors Year: | 2019 |
| Area: | 18 |
| Class: | Inner metropolitan |
| Near-N: | Strathfield |
| Near-Ne: | Summer Hill |
| Near-E: | Heffron |
| Near-Se: | Rockdale |
| Near-S: | Kogarah |
| Near-Sw: | Oatley |
| Near-W: | Bankstown |
| Near-Nw: | Bankstown |
Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, currently represented by Sophie Cotsis of the Labor Party.[1]
On its current boundaries, Canterbury includes the suburbs of Belmore, Campsie, Canterbury, Clemton Park, Earlwood, Lakemba, Undercliffe, and parts of Beverly Hills, Kingsgrove, Roselands, and Wiley Park.[2] [3]
Canterbury was created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (South Riding), named after and including the then town, now Sydney suburb, of Canterbury. It was bordered on the east by Glebe and Newtown, and from 1880, Balmain and Redfern and stretched in the north to Drummoyne and Rhodes, south to Georges River and west to a line between Salt Pan Creek and Homebush Bay. It was a multi-member electorate, electing two members until 1882 and then four members until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Canterbury, Ashfield, Burwood, Petersham and St George. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927, and has been held by Labor for all but one term since. In recent decades it has become one of Labor's safest seats.
First incarnation (1859-1920) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1859–1882, 2 members | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Flood[4] | None | 1859–1860 | Samuel Lyons[5] | None | 1859–1860 | ||||||||||||||
| John Lucas[6] | None | 1860–1865 | Edward Raper[7] | None | 1860–1864 | ||||||||||||||
| James Oatley[8] | None | 1864–1869 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Pemell[9] | None | 1865–1868 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Hill[10] | None | 1868–1877 | |||||||||||||||||
| Montagu Stephen[11] | None | 1869–1870 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Lucas | None | 1871–1880 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Parkes[12] | None | 1877–1880 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Pigott[13] | None | 1880–1882 | William Henson[14] | None | 1880–1882 | ||||||||||||||
| 1882–1885, 3 members | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||||||||
| William Pigott | None | 1882–1884 | Henry Moses[15] | None | 1882–1885 | Septimus Stephen[16] | None | 1882–1885 | |||||||||||
| Mark Hammond[17] | None | 1884–1885 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Henson | None | 1885–1885 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1885–1894, 4 members | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||||
| Mark Hammond | None | 1885–1887 | William Henson | None | 1885–1887 | Septimus Stephen | None | 1885–1887 | William Judd[18] | None | 1885–1887 | ||||||||
| William Lovel Davis[19] | 1887–1889 | 1887–1889 | Alexander Hutchison[20] | 1887–1891 | Joseph Carruthers[21] | 1887–1894 | |||||||||||||
| James Wilshire[22] | 1889–1891 | John Wheeler[23] | 1889–1891 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cornelius Danahey[24] | 1891–1894 | James Eve[25] | 1891–1894 | Thomas Bavister[26] | 1891–1894 | ||||||||||||||
| 1894–1920, 1 member | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||||||||||
| Varney Parkes[27] | 1894–1900 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sydney Smith[28] | 1900–1900 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Taylor[29] | 1900–1901 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Mackenzie[30] | 1901–1907 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Varney Parkes | 1907–1907 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1907–1913 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Peters[31] | 1913–1914 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George Cann[32] | 1914–1920 | ||||||||||||||||||
Second incarnation (1927-present) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–present, 1 member | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Tonge[33] | 1927–1932 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Hocking[34] | 1932–1935 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Tonge | 1935–1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Stewart[35] | 1962–1985 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Moss[36] | 1986–2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Linda Burney[37] | 2003–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sophie Cotsis[38] | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||||||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Canterbury.