Burwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including the Sydney suburb of Burwood. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Ryde, along with Drummoyne, Gordon and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1988 and partly replaced by Strathfield.[2][3][4]
Members for Burwood
edit| First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William McMillan | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
| William Archer | Independent | 1898–1904 | |
| Thomas Henley | Liberal Reform | 1904–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
| Second incarnation (1927–1988) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
| United Australia | 1932–1935 | ||
| Gordon Jackett [a] | United Australia | 1935–1938 | |
| Harrie Mitchell | United Australia | 1938–1941 | |
| Gordon Jackett [a] | Ind. United Australia | 1941–1944 | |
| Democratic | 1944–1945 | ||
| Liberal | 1945–1951 | ||
| Leslie Parr | Liberal | 1951–1956 | |
| Ben Doig | Liberal | 1957–1965 | |
| Independent | 1965–1965 | ||
| John Jackett [a] | Liberal | 1965–1978 | |
| Phil O'Neill | Labor | 1978–1984 | |
| Paul Zammit | Liberal | 1984–1988 | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,377 | 49.9 | +8.1 | |
| Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,556 | 47.1 | −8.1 | |
| Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 857 | 3.0 | −0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,790 | 97.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 775 | 2.6 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 29,565 | 92.8 | +2.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,802 | 51.6 | +8.8 | |
| Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,869 | 48.4 | −8.8 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Gordon Jackett was the father of John Jackett.[5]
References
edit- ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Burwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Mr Harry Gordon Jackett (1887-1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
"Mr John Gordon Thorne Jackett". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019. - ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Burwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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