Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was won by Donna Davis of the Labor Party in the 2023 NSW state election.
Parramatta is an urban electorate in Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the City of Parramatta.
Geography On its current boundaries, Parramatta takes in the suburbs of Camellia, Clyde, Ermington, Harris Park, Newington, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Silverwater, Sydney Olympic Park, and Wentworth Point, as well as part of Auburn, Dundas, Granville, Lidcombe, Mays Hill, Melrose Park, North Parramatta, North Rocks, Parramatta, and Westmead.
History
Parramatta is the only electorate to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856. It elected two members simultaneously from 1856 to 1880. In 1920, it absorbed Granville and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927, it was divided into the single-member electorates of Parramatta, Granville and Auburn.
For most of its single member history since 1927 and prior to 2011 Parramatta was a safe Labor Party seat. Prior to 2011 it was last held by the Liberals by John Books from 1988 to 1991. The Liberal Party had hopes of winning back the seat at the 1994 by-election when it was a marginal ALP seat but the ALP retained the seat with a huge swing towards it.
Labor went into the 2011 election holding the seat with a margin of 13.1 percent, but Liberal challenger Geoff Lee won it on a swing of 25.8 percent, turning it into a safe Liberal seat in one stroke. He was reelected in 2015, the first time in over 60 years that the Liberals (or their predecessors) have been reelected in the seat's single member incarnation.
Members for Parramatta Two members (1856–1880)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Henry Parker None 1856–1857 George OakesNone1856–1860 James ByrnesNone1858–1861 John LackeyNone1860–1864 Arthur Holroyd None 1861–1864 James Byrnes None 1864–1872 James FarnellNone1864–1874 Hugh TaylorNone1872–1880 Charles Byrnes None 1874–1877 William Long None 1877–1880
Single-member (1880–1920)MemberPartyTerm Charles Byrnes None 1880–1882 Hugh Taylor None 1882–1887 1887–1894 Dowell O'Reilly 1894–1895 1895–1898 William Ferris 1898–1901 Tom Moxham 1901–1916 Albert Bruntnell 1916–1917 1917–1920
Three members (1920–1927)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Albert Bruntnell1920–1927 Bill Ely 1920–1922 Jack Lang1920–1927 Thomas Morrow 1922–1925 Bill Ely 1925–1927
Single-member (1927–present)MemberPartyTerm Albert Bruntnell 1927–1929 Herbert Lloyd 1929–1930 Joseph Byrne 1930–1932 George Gollan 1932–1945 1945–1953 Kevin Morgan 1953–1956 Jim Clough 1956–1959 Dan Mahoney 1959–1976 Barry Wilde 1976–1988 John Books 1988–1991 Andrew Ziolkowski 1991–1994 Gabrielle Harrison 1994–2003 Tanya Gadiel 2003–2011 Geoff Lee 2011–2023 Donna Davis 2023–present
Election results
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