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]
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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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 |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Burwood (New South Wales) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |