Electoral district of Sydney-Fitzroy

Sydney-Fitzroy was an electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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of the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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in the Australia

Australia

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n state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, created in 1894 from part of East Sydney

Electoral district of East Sydney

East Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales created in 1859 from part of the electoral district of Sydney, covering the eastern part of the current Sydney central business district, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay and...

in inner Sydney

Sydney

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including Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo, New South Wales

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, Potts Point

Potts Point, New South Wales

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and Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales

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and bounded by Riley Street, William Street

William Street, Sydney

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, King's Cross Road, Bayswater Road

Bayswater Road, Sydney

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and Port Jackson

Port Jackson

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. It was named after Governor

Governors of New South Wales

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FitzRoy

Charles Augustus FitzRoy

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. It was abolished in 1904 and partly replaced by Darlinghurst

Electoral district of Darlinghurst

Darlinghurst was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904, partly replacing Sydney-Bligh and Sydney-Fitzroy, and named after and including Darlinghurst. It was abolished in 1920 with the introduction of proportional...

Members for Sydney-Fitzroy

	Party	Period
Henry Chapman	Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909...	1894–1895
John McElhone	Independent Free Trade Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1895–1898
John Norton John Norton (Australian journalist) John Norton, , was an English-born Australian journalist, editor and member of the New South Wales Parliament. He was a writer and newspaper proprietor best known for his Sydney newspaper the Truth...	Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in...	1898–1898
Henry Chapman	Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909...	1898–1901
Daniel Levy	Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) The Liberal Reform Party was an Australian political party, active in New South Wales state politics between 1901 and 1916. The question of tariff policy which, had created and divided the Free Trade Party and Protectionist Party in New South Wales in the 1890s, became a federal issue at the time...	1901–1904

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