Electoral district of Canterbury

Location within Sydney

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.

Members for Canterbury

Election results

Notes

External links

• "Canterbury Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.canterbury.aspx. Retrieved 2007-01-24. 
• "State Electoral District - Canterbury Results 2007". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/canterbury/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-05-06. 
• "State Electoral District - Canterbury Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/canterbury/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-01-24. 
• "State Electoral District - Canterbury Results 1999". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/canterbury/results/1999. Retrieved 2007-01-24.