Electoral district of Paddington (New South Wales)

Paddington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, partly replacing Sydney Hamlets. It included the suburbs of Paddington and Redfern. The rest of Sydney's current Eastern Suburbs, which were then rural, were part of Canterbury.^[1] With the creation of the electoral districts of South Sydney and Redfern in 1880, Paddington included the northern part of the eastern suburbs, generally east of what is now known as Anzac Parade and north of Rainbow Street, including all of current Woollahra and Waverley and part of Randwick.^[2] It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1889 and four members from 1889 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Paddington, Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Sydney. Paddington was recreated in 1927. In 1959, it was combined with part of Waverley and renamed Paddington-Waverley, which was itself abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Bligh.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Members for Paddington

First incarnation (1859–1920) Single-member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	Daniel Cooper	None	1859–1860
	John Sutherland	None	1860–1880
	William Hezlet	None	1880–1880
Two members (1880–1885)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Hezlet	None	1880–1882		William Trickett	None	1880–1885
	Robert Butcher	None	1882–1885		William Trickett	None	1880–1885
Three members (1885–1889)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Butcher	None	1885–1887		William Trickett	None	1885–1887		John Neild	None	1885–1887
	Alfred Allen	Free Trade	1887–1889		William Trickett	Free Trade	1887–1887			Free Trade	1887–1889
	Alfred Allen	Free Trade	1887–1889		William Allen	Protectionist	1888–1889			Free Trade	1887–1889
Four members (1889–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Allen	Free Trade	1889–1894		John Shepherd	Free Trade	1889–1891		Robert King	Free Trade	1889–1891		Jack Want	Free Trade	1889–1891
	Alfred Allen	Free Trade	1889–1894		James Marks	Free Trade	1891–1894		John Neild	Free Trade	1891–1894		Jack Want	Ind. Free Trade	1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	William Shipway	Free Trade	1894–1895
	John Neild	Ind. Free Trade	1895–1898
	John Neild	Free Trade	1898–1901
	Charles Oakes	Liberal Reform	1901–1910
	John Osborne	Labor	1910–1919
	Lawrence O'Hara	Labor	1919–1919
	John Birt	Labor	1919–1920

Second incarnation (1927–1959) Single-member
Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Daniel Levy	Nationalist	1927–1930
	Maurice O'Sullivan	Labor	1930–1959

Election results

1956 New South Wales state election: Paddington ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	12,570	66.4	−20.6
	Liberal	Rodney Craigie	4,339	22.9	+22.9
	Communist	Bill Brown	2,035	10.7	−2.3
Total formal votes			18,944	97.1	+4.4
Informal votes			573	2.9	−4.4
Turnout			19,517	91.4	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	14,401	76.0	−11.0
	Liberal	Rodney Craigie	4,543	24.0	+24.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

^ "1858 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ "1880 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1956 Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[Atlas_1858-1] "1858 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Atlas_1880-2] "1880 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Green_Paddington-3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[4] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[5] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1956_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1956_Paddington-6] Green, Antony. "1956 Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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