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Electoral district of Newtown

{{Short description|State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox Australian Electorate |

|name = Newtown

|state = nsw

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Newtown.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-33.895|frame-longitude=151.178|zoom=13|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}

|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election

|lifespan = 1859–1894
1904–1920
1927–1950
2015–present

|abolished=

|mp = Jenny Leong

|mp-party = {{Australian politics/name|Greens NSW}}

|namesake = Newtown

|electors = 56412

|electors_year = 2019

|area = 10.29

|class = Inner-metropolitan

| near-n = Balmain

| near-ne = Sydney

| near-e = Heffron

| near-se = Heffron

| near-s = Heffron

| near-sw = Summer Hill

| near-w = Summer Hill

| near-nw = Summer Hill

}}

Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Newtown includes the suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale, Darlington, Eveleigh, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore and Petersham and parts of Waterloo, Erskineville, Camperdown, Marrickville and Lewisham. It is held by Jenny Leong of the {{Australian politics/name|Greens NSW}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.office.elections.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/177807/electoral_A3_book_metro_final_NEWTOWN.pdf|title=Map of electorate of Newtown|publisher=NSW Electoral Commission |access-date=29 March 2015}}

History

Newtown was originally created in 1859, and named after and including Newtown. It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1891 and four members from 1891 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville.

Newtown was re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90 which saw the districts of Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine and Newtown-St Peters abolished and replaced by Newtown and Camperdown.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1904-redistribution.html |title=1904 Redistribution |work=Atlas of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Land & Property Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031821/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1904-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=17 December 2019}}{{cite web |title=Former Members |work=Members of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx |access-date=17 December 2019}}

In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. Newtown was recreated in 1927 and combined with part of Annandale and renamed Newtown-Annandale in 1950.{{cite NSW election |title=Elections for the District of Newtown |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Newtown |access-date=17 December 2019}}

Newtown was recreated at the 2013 redistribution, partly replacing Marrickville.

Members for Newtown

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | Single-member (1859–1880)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Alexander McArthur{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=The Hon Alexander McArthur (1814-1909) |id=409 |former=Yes |access-date=10 November 2019}}

| None

| 1859–1861

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Thomas Holt{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=378 |name=Mr Thomas Holt (1811-1888) |former=Yes |access-date=29 June 2019}}

| None

| 1861–1864

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Stephen Brown{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Stephen Campbell Brown (1829-1882) |id=607 |former=Yes |access-date=23 June 2019}}

| None

| 1864–1880

class="wikitable"
colspan="8" | Two members (1880–1885)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Stephen Brown{{hsp}}

| None

| 1880–1881

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|William Foster{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr William John Foster (1831-1909) |id=634 |former=Yes |access-date=10 November 2019}}

| rowspan="2"|None

| rowspan="2"|1880–1882

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Joseph Mitchell{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Joseph Earl Cherry Mitchell (1840-1897) |id=770 |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019}}

| None

| 1881–1882

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Henry Copeland{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=The Hon. Henry Copeland (1839-1904) |id=751 |former=Yes |access-date=23 May 2019}}

| None

| 1882–1883

| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Frederick Gibbes{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Frederick Jamison Gibbes (1839-1888) |id=755 |former=Yes |access-date=17 April 2019}}

| rowspan="2"|None

| rowspan="2"|1882–1885

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Joseph Mitchell{{hsp}}

| None

| 1883–1885

class="wikitable"
colspan="12" | Three members (1885–1891)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| James Francis Smith{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr James Francis Smith (1844-1908) |id=828 |former=Yes |access-date=5 May 2019}}

| None

| 1885–1887

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Frederick Gibbes{{hsp}}

| None

| 1885–1888

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|William Foster{{hsp}}

| None

| 1885–1888

rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| rowspan="3"|Nicholas Hawken{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Nicholas Hawken (1836-1908) |id=701 |former=Yes |access-date=4 July 2015}}

| rowspan="3"|{{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| rowspan="3"|1887–1891

| {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1887–1888

| {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1887–1888

rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Joseph Abbott{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Joseph Abbott (1843-1903) |id=815 |former=Yes |access-date=26 April 2019}}

| rowspan="2"| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| rowspan="2"|1888–1891

| {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| Joseph Mitchell{{hsp}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1888–1889

{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| Edmund Molesworth{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Edmund William Molesworth (1847-1923) |id=891 |former=Yes |access-date=21 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1889–1891

class="wikitable"
colspan="16" | Four members (1891–1894)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Francis Cotton{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Francis Cotton (1857-1942) |id=1026 |former=Yes |access-date=22 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1891–1894

| {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| Edmund Molesworth{{hsp}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1891–1894

| {{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| Joseph Abbott{{hsp}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Free Trade}}

| 1891–1894

| {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| John Hindle{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr John Hindle (1857-1857) |id=1025 |former=Yes |access-date=10 June 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1891–1894

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | Single-member (1904–1920)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Robert Hollis{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Robert Hollis (1851–1937) |id=941 |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1904–1916

{{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| 1916–1917

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Frank Burke{{hsp}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Francis Michael Burke (1876–1949) |id=1295 |former=Yes |access-date=7 May 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1917–1920

colspan="4" | Single-member (1927–1950)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| rowspan="3"|Frank Burke{{hsp}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1927–1939

{{Australian party style|Industrial Labor}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Industrial Labor}}

| 1939–1939

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| 1939–1944

{{Australian party style|Lang Labor}}| 

| Lilian Fowler{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mrs Lilian Fowler (1887-1954) |id=1452 |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Lang Labor}}

| 1944–1950

colspan="4" |Single-member (2015–present)
colspan="2" |MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Greens NSW}}| 

| Jenny Leong{{hsp}}{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Ms Jenny Leong MP |id=107 |access-date=6 April 2019}}

| {{Australian politics/name|Greens NSW}}

| 2015–present

Election results

{{Main|Electoral results for the district of Newtown}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Newtown}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{cite web

| title = Newtown

| publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission

| url = https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Newtown

| access-date = 23 November 2019}}

{{Electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}

{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}

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