Electoral results for the district of Sydney

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Sydney in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1920 to 1927 as a five-member electorate, the second from 2007 to the present as a single-member electorate.

Contents

Members for Sydney

First incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Daniel Levy Nationalist 1920—1927   Arthur Buckley Labor 1920—1922   John Birt Labor 1920—1925   Michael Burke Labor 1920—1922   Patrick Minahan Labor 1920—1927
  Joseph Jackson Nationalist 1922—1927   Greg McGirr Labor 1922—1925
  Young Australia 1925—1925
  William Holdsworth Labor 1925—1927   Michael Burke Labor 1925—1927
Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Clover Moore Independent 2007—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2011: Sydney[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clover Moore 16,909 36.3 -3.3
Liberal Adrian Bartels 16,855 36.2 +14.6
Greens De Brierley Newton 5,961 12.8 -2.8
Labor Sacha Blumen 5,247 11.3 -8.7
Andrew Patterson 676 1.5 +1.5
Christian Democrats Peter Madden 508 1.1 +1.1
Fishing Party Victor Shen 464 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 46,620 97.8 0.0
Informal votes 1,040 2.2 0.0
Turnout 47,660 83.9
Two-candidate preferred result
Independent Clover Moore 20,651 53.1 -13.5
Liberal Adrian Bartels 18,220 46.9 +46.9
Independent hold Swing -13.5

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clover Moore 16,316 39.6 +7.2
Liberal Edward Mandla 8,877 21.6 +1.0
Labor Linda Scott 8,235 20.0 -6.7
Greens Chris Harris 6,407 15.6 +0.3
Independent Malcolm Duncan 735 1.8 +1.3
Unity Imanuel Choyce 614 1.5 +1.1
Total formal votes 41,184 97.8 -0.1
Informal votes 910 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 42,094 84.1
Two-candidate preferred result
Independent Clover Moore 20,364 66.6 +1.6
Labor Linda Scott 10,193 33.4 -1.6
Independent hold Swing +1.6

References

  1. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results". NSW Parliamentary Library. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/5782D7DAA39DF57ACA25790B001FE146/$File/2011+New+South+Wales+Election+BP+3,2011.pdf#page=33. Retrieved 24 November 2011.