Electoral district of Sydney-Flinders

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

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Sydney-Flinders was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 in inner Sydney from part of the electoral district of South Sydney and named after maritime explorer Matthew Flinders.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=2020-10-27}}{{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=2020-10-27}}{{Cite NSW election |last=Green |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Green |title=Elections for the District of Sydney-Flinders |year=DistrictIndexes |district=Sydney Flinders |access-date=2020-10-27}} It was in the Surry Hills area, bounded by Riley Street, Oxford Street, South Dowling Street, Nobbs Street, Davies Street and Tudor Street.{{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=6681 |via=Trove}}{{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}} It was abolished in 1904 and absorbed into the electoral district of Surry Hills.

Members for Sydney-Flinders

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

{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

| Bernhard Wise

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

| 1894–1895

{{Australian party style|Protectionist}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Arthur Nelson

| {{Australian politics/name|Protectionist}}

| 1895–1901

{{Australian party style|Progressive}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Progressive}}

| 1901–1904

Election results

{{Main|Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Flinders}}

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

References

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{{Electoral districts of New South Wales}}

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales|state=expanded}}

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

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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

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