Division of Sydney

Sydney Australian House of Representatives Division

Created:	1969
State or territory:	New South Wales
MP:	Tanya Plibersek
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Sydney, New South Wales
Electors:	87,896
Area:	43 km²
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located around the central city area of Sydney, and includes many inner suburbs such as Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, Ultimo, New South Wales, Redfern, Camperdown, Glebe, Balmain, Potts Point and the Sydney central business district itself. The Division also incorporates all the waters of Port Jackson, except for Middle Harbour and North Harbour. It also covers Lord Howe Island.

The Division was named for the city of Sydney, which itself was named after former British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 21 November 1968, replacing the old Division of East Sydney and Division of West Sydney, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Labor seat, although the seat has seen the highest amount of Green votes in any federal electorate in the 2004 federal election.

According to the 2001 census, the electorate has by far the highest amount of same-sex couples in Australia (2265).^[1]

[edit] Members

Location in Sydney

Australian federal election, 2007: Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tanya Plibersek	37,506	48.99	+3.92
	Liberal	Georgina Anderson	20,440	26.70	-0.81
	Greens	Jenny Leong	15,854	20.71	-1.38
	Independent	Jane Ward	979	1.28	-0.29
	Democrats	Mayo Materazzo	874	1.14	-1.00
	Christian Democrats	John Lee	727	0.95	+0.95
	Citizens Electoral Council	Adrian Ford	184	0.24	+0.06
Total formal votes			76,564	95.88	+1.09
Informal votes			3,286	4.12	-1.09
Turnout			79,850	90.85	+0.84
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Tanya Plibersek	53,214	69.50	+2.12
	Liberal	Georgina Anderson	23,350	30.50	-2.12
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.12

Australian federal election, 2004: Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tanya Plibersek	36,766	44.68	+0.35
	Liberal	Michael Shevers	23,419	28.46	-1.64
	Greens	Jenny Leong	17,784	21.61	+6.92
	Democrats	Michelle Bleicher	1,701	2.07	-8.81
	Independent	Jane Ward	1,346	1.64	+1.64
	Socialist Alliance	Susan Price	564	0.69	+0.69
	Independent	Michael Webb	553	0.67	+0.67
	Citizens Electoral Council	Adrian Ford	150	0.18	+0.18
Total formal votes			82,283	94.71	-1.05
Informal votes			4,600	5.29	+1.05
Turnout			86,883	91.61	+1.37
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Tanya Plibersek	54,656	66.42	+1.38
	Liberal	Michael Shevers	27,627	33.58	-1.38
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.38