Division of East Sydney

{{short description|Former Australian federal electoral division}}

{{About|the Australian federal electorate|the New South Wales state electorate|Electoral district of East Sydney}}

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{{Infobox Australian electorate

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| name = East Sydney

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| created = 1901

| abolished = 1969

| namesake = East Sydney, New South Wales

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The Division of East Sydney was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election.{{cite web |url= http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/divisions/esyd.txt |title= East Sydney, New South Wales|first=Adam|last= Carr |work=House of Representatives, Index of Divisions 1901—2001 |year=2003 |access-date=11 March 2013}} It was abolished in 1969. It was named for the suburb of East Sydney. It was located in the inner eastern suburbs of Sydney, including Darlinghurst, Paddington, Redfern, Surry Hills and Waverley. From 1901 to 1955 the division included Lord Howe Island.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232345176 |title=COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=51 |date=2 October 1903 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=609 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232457200 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette |issue=20 |date=27 March 1913 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=725 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232527216 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette |issue=72 |date=14 September 1922 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=1355 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232621100 |title=PROCLAMATION. |newspaper=Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette |issue=48 |date=2 August 1934 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=1195 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232684280 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette |issue=44 |date=6 March 1941 |accessdate=29 October 2021 |page=475 |via=National Library of Australia}} After 1910 East Sydney was usually a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. In the 1930s it was a stronghold of Lang Labor. Its most prominent members were Sir George Reid, who was Prime Minister of Australia in 1904-05, and Eddie Ward, a long-serving Labor member and Cabinet minister.