Electoral district of South Sydney explained

South Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1894, covering the southern part of the current Sydney central business district, Haymarket, Surry Hills, Moore Park and Chippendale, bordered by George Street, Broadway, City Road, Cleveland Street, South Dowling Street, Dacey Avenue, the western edge of Centennial Park, Moore Park Road, South Dowling Street, Oxford Street and Liverpool Street. 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-Phillip, Sydney-Belmore, Sydney-Flinders and Sydney-Cook.^{[1] [2]}

Elections for the district were held in the general elections of 1880, 1882, 1885, 1887, 1889, and 1891. There was also a by-election in 1887 as a result of Bernhard Wise accepting the office of Attorney-General in the fourth Parkes government.

Members for South Sydney

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
		George Carter	None	1880–1882			John Davies	None	1880–1882		William Poole	None	1880–1885		George Withers	None	1880–1885
		John Harris	None	1882–1885		Joseph Olliffe	None	1882–1887
		James Toohey	None	1885–1887							John Davies	None	1885–1887			Archibald Forsyth	None	1885–1887
			1887–1893			Bernhard Wise		1887–1889			George Withers		1887–1889			Alban Riley		1887–1889
					William Traill		1889–1894			Walter Edmunds		1889–1891		James Martin		1889–1894
									Bernhard Wise		1891–1894
		William Manning										1893–1894

Election results

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

Notes and References

1. Elections for the District of South Sydney . DistrictIndexes . South Sydney . 2020-09-26.
2. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.