Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of West Sydney, New South Wales
The Division of West Sydney was created in 1901 and abolished in 1969. It was named for the western half of the City of Sydney.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Blackwattle, Forest Lodge, Pyrmont, Toxteth
1906: Blackwattle, Gipps, Pyrmont, Toxteth
1913: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth
1922: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth
1934: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown North, Toxteth
1949: Darling Harbour, Glebe, King, Toxteth
1955: Glebe, Golden Grove, King, Toxteth
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Labor 25.4
1903: Labor 19.9
1906: Labor 05.5
1910: Labor 21.5
1913: Labor 21.3
1914: Labor 24.7
1917: Labor 16.5
1919: Labor 22.2
1921b: Labor 09.6
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1922: Labor 25.4 *1
1925: Labor 24.0
1928: Labor 31.7
1929: Labor 36.5
1931: Lang Labor 25.1
1934: Lang Labor 23.7
1937: Labor unopposed
1940: Lang Labor 14.3 *2
1943: Labor 29.2 *3
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1946: Labor 27.4 *4
1949: Labor 05.7 *4
1951: Labor 24.6
1954: Labor 28.0 *1
1955: Labor 29.3
1958: Labor 21.6
1961: Labor 26.5
1963: Labor 28.1 *5
1966: Labor 16.9
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*1 Majority over independent
*2 Majority over Labor
*3 Majority over State Labor
*4 Majority over Lang Labor
*5 Majority over DLP
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-66
Click here to see full results for West Sydney at every election from 1901 to 1966.
MEMBERS FOR WEST SYDNEY
Rt Hon Billy Hughes (Lab, ALP, Nat) 1901-17
Cornelius Wallace (ALP) 1917-19
Hon Thomas Ryan (ALP) 1919-21
William Lambert (ALP) 1921b-28
Hon Jack Beasley (ALP, ALP-NSW, ALP, ALP-NC, ALP) 1928-46
William O'Connor (ALP) 1946-49
Daniel Minogue (ALP) 1949-69
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| Rt Hon Billy Hughes (Lab, ALP, Nat) 1901-17 |
Cornelius Wallace (ALP) 1917-19 |
Hon Thomas Ryan (ALP) 1919-21 |
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| William Lambert (ALP) 1921-28 |
Hon Jack Beasley (ALP, ALP-NSW, ALP,
ALP-NC, ALP) 1928-46 |
William O'Connor (ALP) 1946-49 |
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| Daniel Minogue (ALP) 1949-69 |
BOUNDARIES
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