Electoral district of Phillip

Phillip was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, in central Sydney and named after Arthur Phillip. It was originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of part of the abolished seats of Sydney-Phillip and Darlington. It was initially south of Liverpool Street, east of George Street and City Road, north of Cleveland Street and west of Elizabeth Street. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Sydney. Phillip was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1981 and partly replaced by Elizabeth.[2][3][4] From 1973 to 1981 it included Lord Howe Island.[5]

Members for Phillip

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Member Party Term
  Phillip Sullivan Labour 1904–1907
  Richard Meagher Independent 1907–1910
  Labor 1910–1917
  Independent Labor 1917–1917
  John Doyle Labor 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1981)
Member Party Term
  Michael Burke Labor 1927–1930
  Tom Shannon Labor 1930–1940
  Labor (N-C) 1940–1941
  Labor 1941–1954
  Pat Hills Labor 1954–1981

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Phillip
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Phillip.[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Phillip [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hills 18,450 72.4 +2.9
Liberal Philip Daley 4,873 19.1 −3.5
Communist Judy Mundey 1,262 5.0 −0.7
Socialist Workers Gordon Adler 895 3.5 +1.3
Total formal votes 25,480 96.1 −0.8
Informal votes 1,043 3.9 +0.8
Turnout 26,523 85.2 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 20,320 79.7 +3.7
Liberal Philip Daley 5,160 20.3 −3.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

References

  1. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT, 1912-1973". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 89. New South Wales, Australia. 6 July 1973. p. 2950. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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