Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of South Sydney, New South Wales
The Division of South Sydney was created in 1901 and abolished in 1934, when it was renamed Watson. It was named for the southern region of the city of Sydney.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Botany, Newtown, Waterloo
1906: Botany, Foveaux, Redfern, Surry Hills
1913: Foveaux, Kensington, Redfern, Surry Hills
1922: Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, Redfern
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Free Trade 01.7
1903: Free Trade 06.0
1906: Labor 06.4
1910: Labor 24.1
1913: Labor 15.0
1914: Labor 18.8
1917: Labor 13.3
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1919: Labor 18.3
1922: Labor 11.7
1925: Labor 01.1
1928: Labor 04.2
1929: Labor 16.3
1931: United Australia 05.1
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-31
Click here to see full results for South Sydney at every election from 1901 to 1931.
MEMBERS FOR SOUTH SYDNEY
Hon George Edwards (FT, AS) 1901-06
Hon Chris Watson (Lab, ALP) 1906-10
Edward Riley (ALP) 1910-31
John Jennings (UAP) 1931-34
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| Hon George Edwards (FT, AS) 1901-06 |
Hon Chris Watson (Lab, ALP) 1906-10 |
Edward Riley (ALP) 1910-31 |
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| John Jennings (UAP) 1931-34 |
BOUNDARIES
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