South Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1894, covering the southern part of the current Sydney central business district, Haymarket, Surry Hills, Moore Park and Chippendale, bordered by George Street, Broadway, City Road, Cleveland Street, South Dowling Street, Dacey Avenue, the western edge of Centennial Park, Moore Park Road, South Dowling Street, Oxford Street and Liverpool Street. It elected four members simultaneously, with voters casting four votes and the first four candidates being elected. For the 1894 election, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Sydney-Phillip, Sydney-Belmore, Sydney-Flinders and Sydney-Cook.
Elections for the district were held in the general elections of 1880, 1882, 1885, 1887, 1889, and 1891. There was also a by-election in 1887 as a result of Bernhard Wise accepting the office of Attorney-General in the fourth Parkes government.
Members for South Sydney Member Party Period Member Party Period Member Party Period Member Party Period George Carter None 1880–1882 John Davies None 1880–1882 William PooleNone1880–1885 George WithersNone1880–1885 John Harris None 1882–1885 Joseph OlliffeNone1882–1887 James Toohey None 1885–1887 John Davies None 1885–1887 Archibald Forsyth None 1885–1887 1887–1893 Bernhard Wise 1887–1889 George Withers 1887–1889 Alban Riley 1887–1889 William Traill 1889–1894 Walter Edmunds 1889–1891 James Martin 1889–1894 Bernhard Wise 1891–1894 William Manning 1893–1894
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