Electoral district of Sydney-Denison

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

Sydney-Denison was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 from part of the electoral district of West Sydney in the Ultimo area and named after Governor Denison.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=2020-10-27}}{{Cite NSW election |last=Green |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Green |title=Elections for the District of Sydney-Denison |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Sydney Denison |access-date=2020-10-27}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Sir Matthew Harris (1841-1917) |id=780 |former=Yes |access-date=16 June 2019}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Andrew Joseph Kelly (1854–1913) |id=972 |former=Yes |access-date=13 May 2019}}

Members for Sydney-Denison

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! colspan="2" | Member !! Party !! Term

{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}|

| (Sir) Matthew Harris

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

| 1894–1901

{{Australian party style|Labour NSW}}|

| Andrew Kelly

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

| 1901–1904

History

Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Sydney-Denison.{{cite web |url=http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1893-redistribution.html |title=1893 Redistribution |work=Atlas of New South Wales |publisher=NSW Land & Property Information |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031719/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1893-redistribution.html |archive-date=23 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} Sydney-Denison consisted of a southern part of the four member district of West Sydney.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222121035 |title=Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=23 August 1893 |access-date=2020-10-27 |page=6679 |via=Trove}} It was to the south of Darling Harbour, bounded on the east by George Street, in the south by George St West, in the west by Bay Street and Wattle Street, Sydney and by Fig St across to Darling Harbour.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222197006 |title=Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |date=5 October 1893 |access-date=2020-10-27 |page=7752 |via=Trove}} In 1904 it was abolished and absorbed into the district of Pyrmont.

Election results

{{Excerpt|Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election|section=Sydney-Denison}}

References

Category:Former electoral districts of New South Wales

Category:Constituencies established in 1894

Category:1894 establishments in Australia

Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1904

Category:1904 disestablishments in Australia