Electoral district of East Sydney explained

East Sydney
State:	nsw
Created:	1859
Abolished:	1894
Namesake:	East Sydney, New South Wales
Class:	Urban

East Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly,^{[1] [2]} in the Australian colony of New South Wales created in 1859 from part of the Electoral district of Sydney City, covering the eastern part of the current Sydney central business district, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay and Darlinghurst, bordered by George Street to the east, Boundary Street to the west, and, from the creation of South Sydney in 1880, Liverpool Street and Oxford Street, to the south. It elected four members simultaneously, with voters casting four votes and the first four candidates being elected. For the 1894 election, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Sydney-King, Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh.

Members for East Sydney

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
		Charles Cowper	None	1859–1859		John Black	None	1859–1860		Henry Parkes	None	1859–1861		James Martin	None	1859–1860
		Peter Faucett	None	1860–1860
	Charles Cowper	None	1860–1867		Robert Stewart	None	1860–1864						John Caldwell	None	1860–1866
											William Forster	None				1861–1864
					James Hart	None	1864–1869			James Neale	None	1864–1869
													Robert Stewart	None	1866–1869
		Marshall Burdekin	None													1867–1869
	George King	None	1869–1872		David Buchanan	None	1869–1872			Henry Parkes	None	1869–1870		James Martin	None	1869–1872
										Bowie Wilson	None	1870–1872
	James Neale	None	1872–1874			Saul Samuel	None	1872–1872		Henry Parkes	None	1872–1877		John Macintosh	None	1872–1880
					George Oakes	None	1872–1874
		Charles Moore	None					1874–1874
	John Davies	None	1874–1880		Alexander Stuart	None	1874–1879
									James Greenwood	None	1877–1880
					Arthur Renwick	None	1879–1882
	George Reid	None	1880–1884							Henry Parkes	None	1880–1882			Henry Dangar	None	1880–1882
					Edmund Barton	None	1882–1887			John McElhone	None	1882–1883		George Griffiths	None	1882–1885
									Henry Copeland	None	1883–1887
	Sydney Burdekin	None	1884–1887
															None	1885–1887
			1887–1891			John Street		1887–1891		William McMillan		1887–1894				1887–1894
						Walter Bradley		1891–1891
		Varney Parkes		1891–1894			Edmund Barton										1891–1894

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of East Sydney.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.
2. Elections for the District of East Sydney 1859-1894 . DistrictIndexes . EastSydney . 30 April 2019.