Commonwealth Electoral Division of Sydney (NSW)

Updated: 24 October 2011

Boundary gazetted 22 December 2009

Division name: Sydney

State: New South Wales

Status: Current, boundary gazetted 22 December 2009 (former divisional profile)

Contact details: Contact the Sydney AEC divisional office

Name derivation: Named after the city of Sydney, which was named in 1788 by Captain Arthur Phillip after Viscount Sydney, then British Home Secretary.

Size & location description: Sydney covers an area of approximately 91 sq km from Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) in the north to Alexandria, Beaconsfield and Zetland in the south. Bounded in the east by South Dowling Street, Flinders Street, Oxford Street, Riley Street, Boomerang Place, Haig Lane, Sir John Young Crescent, Lincoln Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay, the division extends to Annandale and Rozelle in the west. The main suburbs include Alexandria, Balmain, Beaconsfield, Birchgrove, Broadway, Chippendale, Darlington, Erskineville, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Haymarket, Millers Point, Pyrmont, Redfern, Surry Hills, The Rocks, Ultimo, Waterloo, Zetland and parts of Annandale, Camperdown, Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, Macdonaldtown, Newtown, Rozelle and Woolloomooloo. Lord Howe Island is in the Division of Sydney as are the harbour islands from Spectacle Island to the Heads.

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Products/industries of the area: Commercial, financial, retail, merchandising, service, transport, entertainment and shipping industries.

First proclaimed/election: 1968/1969

Demographic rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

  • Plibersek, T (ALP) 1998–
  • Baldwin, P (ALP) 1983–1998
  • McMahon, J L (ALP) 1975–1983
  • Cope, J F (ALP) 1969–1975

Current Member Details: Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Further information:

For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status.