Electoral district of Newtown

Newtown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
File:Nsw electoral district newtown 2015.svg Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1894 1904–1920 1927–1950 2015–present
MP	Jenny Leong
Party	Greens
Electors	53,871 (2015)
Area	10.29 km2 (4.0 sq mi)

Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the inner Sydney suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale, Darlington, Eveleigh, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore and Petersham and parts of Surry Hills, Waterloo, Erskineville, Camperdown, Marrickville and Lewisham. It is held by Jenny Leong of the Australian Greens.

History

Newtown was originally created in 1859, and named after and including the Newtown. It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1891 and four members from 1891 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville.

In 1904 with the downsizing of the Assembly after Federation, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine and Newtown-St Peters were replaced by a recreated Newtown and Camperdown. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. Newtown was recreated in 1927 and combined with part of Annandale and renamed Newtown-Annandale in 1950.

Newtown was recreated at the 2013 redistribution.

Members for Newtown

Single-member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	Alexander McArthur	None	1859–1861
	Thomas Holt	None	1861–1864
	Stephen Brown	None	1864–1880

Two members (1880–1885)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Stephen Brown	None	1880–1881		William Foster	None	1880–1882
	Joseph Mitchell	None	1881–1882
	Henry Copeland	None	1882–1883		Frederick Gibbes	None	1882–1885
	Joseph Mitchell	None	1883–1885

Three members (1885–1891)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	James Smith	None	1885–1887		Frederick Gibbes	None	1885–1888		William Foster	None	1885–1888
	Nicholas Hawken	None	1887–1891			Free Trade	1887–1888			Free Trade	1887–1888
					Joseph Abbott	Free Trade	1888–1891		Joseph Mitchell	Free Trade	1888–1889
									Edmund Molesworth	None	1889–1891

Four members (1891–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Francis Cotton	Labour	1891–1894		Edmund Molesworth	Free Trade	1891–1894		Joseph Abbott	Free Trade	1891–1894		John Hindle	Labour	1891–1894

Single-member (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Hollis	Labour	1904–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	Frank Burke	Labor	1917–1920
Single-member (1927–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Burke	Labor	1927–1939
		Industrial Labor	1939–1939
		Labor	1939–1944
	Lilian Fowler	Lang Labor	1944–1950
Single-member (2015–present)
	Jenny Leong	Greens	2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Newtown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Jenny Leong	20,689	45.6	+10.1
	Labor	Penny Sharpe	13,978	30.8	+0.4
	Liberal	Rachael Wheldall	8,074	17.8	−3.2
	Animal Justice	Michael Walsh	989	2.2	+2.2
	Cyclists	Noel McFarlane	828	1.8	+1.8
	Christian Democrats	Karl Schubert	453	1.0	−0.1
	No Land Tax	Dale Dinham	386	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			45,397	97.5	+0.1
Informal votes			1,179	2.5	−0.1
Turnout			46,576	86.5	+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Penny Sharpe	27,526	74.4	+10.4
	Liberal	Rachael Wheldall	9,461	25.6	−10.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jenny Leong	22,605	59.3	+4.8
	Labor	Penny Sharpe	15,532	40.7	−4.8
	Greens hold		Swing	+4.8