Electoral district of Canterbury

Canterbury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State or territory:	New South Wales
Created:	1859, 1927
Abolished:	1920
MP:	Linda Burney
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Electors:	51,550 (2011)
Area:	18 km² (7 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Linda Burney of the Australian Labor Party.

History

Canterbury was created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (South Riding), named after and including the then town, now Sydney suburb, of Canterbury. It was bordered on the east by Glebe and Newtown, and from 1880, Balmain and Redfern and stretched in the north to Drummoyne and Rhodes, south to Georges River and west to a line between Salt Pan Creek and Homebush Bay. It was a multi-member electorate, electing two members until 1882 and then four members until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Canterbury, Ashfield, Burwood, Petersham and St George. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927. In recent decades it has become one of Labor's safest seats.

Members for Canterbury

First incarnation (1859–1882, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Edward Flood	None	1859–1860		Samuel Lyons	None	1859–1860
	John Lucas	None	1860–1865		Edward Raper	None	1860–1864
		None			James Oatley	None	1864–1869
	James Pemell	None	1865–1868			None
	Richard Hill	None	1868–1877			None
		None			Montagu Stephen	None	1869–1870
		None			John Lucas	None	1871–1880
	Henry Parkes	None	1877–1880			None
	William Pigott	None	1880–1882		William Henson	None	1880–1882

(1882–1894, 4 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Pigott	None	1882–1884		Henry Moses	None	1882–1885		William Henson	None	1882–1887		Septimus Stephen	None	1882–1887
	Mark Hammond	None	1884–1887
					William Judd	None	1885–1887
	William Davis	Free Trade	1887–1889		Alexander Hutchison	Free Trade	1887–1891			Free Trade	1887–1889		Joseph Carruthers	Free Trade	1887–1894
	James Wilshire	Free Trade	1889–1891						John Wheeler	Free Trade	1889–1891
	Cornelius Danahey	Labor	1891–1894		Thomas Bavister	Labor	1891–1894		James Eve	Free Trade	1891–1894

(1894—1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Varney Parkes	Free Trade	1894–1900
	Sydney Smith	Free Trade	1900–1900
	Thomas Taylor	Independent	1900–1901
	Thomas Mackenzie	Liberal Reform	1901–1907
	Varney Parkes	Independent Liberal	1907–1907
		Liberal Reform	1907–1913
	Henry Peters	Labor	1913–1914
	George Cann	Labor	1914–1920
Second incarnation (1927—present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Tonge	Labor	1927–1932
	Edward Hocking	United Australia	1932–1935
	Arthur Tonge	Labor	1935–1962
	Kevin Stewart	Labor	1962–1985
	Kevin Moss	Labor	1986–2003
	Linda Burney	Labor	2003–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 2011: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linda Burney	21,417	47.2	-9.9
	Liberal	Ken Nam	16,115	35.5	+17.2
	Greens	Marc Rerceretnam	6,186	13.6	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Albert Fam	1,673	3.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,391	95.9	+0.1
Informal votes			1,932	4.1	-0.1
Turnout			47,323	91.9	-0.4
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Linda Burney	24,356	58.3	-18.8
	Liberal	Ken Nam	17,393	41.7	+18.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-18.8

External links

• "Canterbury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/canterbury. Retrieved 2011-10-13.