Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, currently represented by Sophie Cotsis of the Labor Party.
Geography On its current boundaries, Canterbury includes the suburbs of Belmore, Campsie, Canterbury, Clemton Park, Earlwood, Lakemba, Undercliffe, and parts of Beverly Hills, Kingsgrove, Roselands, and Wiley Park.
History Canterbury was created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (South Riding), named after and including the then town, now Sydney suburb, of Canterbury. It was bordered on the east by Glebe and Newtown, and from 1880, Balmain and Redfern and stretched in the north to Drummoyne and Rhodes, south to Georges River and west to a line between Salt Pan Creek and Homebush Bay. It was a multi-member electorate, electing two members until 1882 and then four members until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Canterbury, Ashfield, Burwood, Petersham and St George. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927, and has been held by Labor for all but one term since. In recent decades it has become one of Labor's safest seats.
Members for Canterbury
First incarnation (1859-1920) 1859–1882, 2 membersMember PartyTermMember PartyTerm Edward Flood None 1859–1860 Samuel Lyons None 1859–1860 John Lucas None1860–1865 Edward Raper None 1860–1864 James Oatley None1864–1869 James Pemell None 1865–1868 Richard Hill None1868–1877 Montagu Stephen None 1869–1870 John Lucas None 1871–1880 Henry Parkes None 1877–1880 William Pigott None 1880–1882 William Henson None 1880–1882 1882–1885, 3 membersMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm William Pigott None 1882–1884 Henry MosesNone1882–1885 Septimus StephenNone1882–1885 Mark HammondNone1884–1885 William Henson None 1885–1885 1885–1894, 4 membersMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Mark Hammond None 1885–1887 William Henson None 1885–1887 Septimus Stephen None 1885–1887 William Judd None 1885–1887 William Lovel Davis 1887–1889 1887–1889 Alexander Hutchison1887–1891 Joseph Carruthers1887–1894 James Wilshire 1889–1891 John Wheeler 1889–1891 Cornelius Danahey 1891–1894 James Eve 1891–1894 Thomas Bavister 1891–1894 1894–1920, 1 memberMemberPartyTerm Varney Parkes 1894–1900 Sydney Smith 1900–1900 Thomas Taylor 1900–1901 Thomas Mackenzie 1901–1907 Varney Parkes 1907–1907 1907–1913 Henry Peters 1913–1914 George Cann 1914–1920Second incarnation (1927-present) 1927–present, 1 memberMemberPartyTerm Arthur Tonge 1927–1932 Edward Hocking 1932–1935 Arthur Tonge 1935–1962 Kevin Stewart 1962–1985 Kevin Moss 1986–2003 Linda Burney 2003–2016 Sophie Cotsis 2016–present
Election results
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