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electoral district of Parramatta

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox Australian Electorate |

|name = Parramatta

|state = nsw

|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=NSW Electoral District 2023 - Parramatta.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=-33.825|frame-longitude=151.039|zoom=12|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}

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

|lifespan = 1856–present

|abolished=

|mp = Donna Davis

|mp-party = Labor

|namesake = Parramatta

|electors = 57995

|electors_year = 2023

|area = 36

|class = Inner-metropolitan

| near-n = Epping

| near-ne = Ryde

| near-e = Drummoyne

| near-se = Auburn
Strathfield

| near-s = Auburn
Granville

| near-sw = Granville

| near-w = Winston Hills
Granville

| near-nw = Winston Hills

}}

Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was won by Donna Davis of the Labor Party in the 2023 NSW state election.

Parramatta is an urban electorate in Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the City of Parramatta.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Parramatta takes in the suburbs of Camellia, Carlingford, Dundas, Dundas Valley, Ermington, Granville, Harris Park, Melrose Park, North Parramatta, North Rocks, Oatlands, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Telopea and Westmead, as well as part of Mays Hill.{{cite web |title=Parramatta |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Parramatta |access-date=23 November 2019}}

History

File:11. Sir Thomas Bavin - circular, 15 February 1929, to the electors of Parramatta supporting the candidature of General Lloyd in the NSW state election.jpg to the electors of Parramatta to support the candidature of General Lloyd in 1929.]]

Parramatta is the only electorate to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856. It elected two members simultaneously from 1856 to 1880. In 1920, it absorbed Granville and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927, it was divided into the single-member electorates of Parramatta, Granville and Auburn.

For most of its single member history since 1927 and prior to 2011 Parramatta was a safe Labor Party seat. Prior to 2011 it was last held by the Liberals by John Books from 1988 to 1991. The Liberal Party had hopes of winning back the seat at the 1994 by-election when it was a marginal ALP seat but the ALP retained the seat with a huge swing towards it.

Labor went into the 2011 election holding the seat with a margin of 13.1 percent, but Liberal challenger Geoff Lee won it on a swing of 25.8 percent, turning it into a safe Liberal seat in one stroke. He was reelected in 2015, the first time in over 60 years that the Liberals (or their predecessors) have been reelected in the seat's single member incarnation.

Members for Parramatta

class="wikitable"
colspan="8" | Two members (1856–1880)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Henry Parker

| None

| 1856–1857

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|George Oakes

| rowspan="2"|None

| rowspan="2"|1856–1860

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|James Byrnes

| rowspan="2"|None

| rowspan="2"|1858–1861

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

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

| rowspan="2"|John Lackey

| rowspan="2"|None

| rowspan="2"|1860–1864

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Arthur Holroyd

| None

| 1861–1864

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| James Byrnes

| None

| 1864–1872

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|James Farnell

| rowspan="2"|None

| rowspan="2"|1864–1874

rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="3"|Hugh Taylor

| rowspan="3"|None

| rowspan="3"|1872–1880

| {{Australian party style|Other}}| 

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Charles Byrnes

| None

| 1874–1877

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| William Long

| None

| 1877–1880

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | Single-member (1880–1920)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| Charles Byrnes

| None

| 1880–1882

{{Australian party style|Other}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Hugh Taylor

| None

| 1882–1887

{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

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

| 1887–1894

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Dowell O'Reilly

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

| 1894–1895

{{Australian party style|Free Trade}}| 

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

| 1895–1898

{{Australian party style|Protectionist}}| 

| William Ferris

| {{Australian politics/name|Protectionist}}

| 1898–1901

{{Australian party style|Liberal Reform}}| 

| Tom Moxham

| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal Reform}}

| 1901–1916

{{Australian party style|Liberal Reform}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Albert Bruntnell

| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal Reform}}

| 1916–1917

{{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| 1917–1920

class="wikitable"
colspan="12" | Three members (1920–1927)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTermcolspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| rowspan="3"|Albert Bruntnell

| rowspan="3"|{{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| rowspan="3"|1920–1927

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

| Bill Ely

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

| 1920–1922

| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| rowspan="3"|Jack Lang

| rowspan="3"|{{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}}

| rowspan="3"|1920–1927

{{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| Thomas Morrow

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| 1922–1925

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Bill Ely

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

| 1925–1927

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | Single-member (1927–present)
colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| Albert Bruntnell

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| 1927–1929

{{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| Herbert Lloyd

| {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}}

| 1929–1930

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Joseph Byrne

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

| 1930–1932

{{Australian party style|UAP}}| 

| rowspan="2"|George Gollan

| {{Australian politics/name|UAP}}

| 1932–1945

{{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}| 

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

| 1945–1953

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Kevin Morgan

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

| 1953–1956

{{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}| 

| Jim Clough

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

| 1956–1959

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Dan Mahoney

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

| 1959–1976

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Barry Wilde

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

| 1976–1988

{{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}| 

| John Books

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

| 1988–1991

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Andrew Ziolkowski

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

| 1991–1994

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Gabrielle Harrison

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

| 1994–2003

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Tanya Gadiel

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

| 2003–2011

{{Australian party style|Liberal NSW}}| 

| Geoff Lee

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

| 2011–2023

{{Australian party style|Labor NSW}}| 

| Donna Davis

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

| 2023–present

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the district of Parramatta}}

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

References

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{{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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