East Sydney was an electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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 for 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 1859 from part of the electoral district of Sydney

Electoral district of Sydney

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, covering the eastern part of the current Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

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, Woolloomooloo

Woolloomooloo, New South Wales

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, Potts Point

Potts Point, New South Wales

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, Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales

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 and Darlinghurst

Darlinghurst, New South Wales

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, bordered by George Street

George Street, Sydney

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 to the east, Boundary Street to the west, and, from the creation of South Sydney

Electoral district of South Sydney

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 in 1880, Liverpool Street

Liverpool Street, Sydney

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 and Oxford Street

Oxford Street, Sydney

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, to the south. 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-King

Electoral district of Sydney-King

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, Sydney-Fitzroy

Electoral district of Sydney-Fitzroy

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 and Sydney-Bligh

Electoral district of Sydney-Bligh

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Members for East Sydney

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
	Charles Cowper Charles Cowper Sir Charles Cowper, KCMG was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870....	None	1859–1859		John Black	None	1859–1860		Henry Parkes Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...	None	1859–1861		James Martin James Martin (Australian politician) Sir James Martin, KCB, QC was three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1873 to 1886.-Early career:...	None	1859–1860
	Peter Faucett Peter Faucett Peter Faucett was an Australian barrister, jurist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1888 and 1894 and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1856 and 1865. He held the position of Solicitor-General in the first government of...	None	1860–1860
	Charles Cowper Charles Cowper Sir Charles Cowper, KCMG was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870....	None	1860–1867		Robert Stewart	None	1860–1864						John Caldwell	None	1860–1866
									William Forster	None	1861–1864
					James Hart	None	1864–1869		James Neale	None	1864–1869
													Robert Stewart	None	1866–1869
	Marshall Burdekin	None	1867–1869
	George King	None	1869–1872		David Buchanan	None	1869–1872		Henry Parkes Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...	None	1869–1870		James Martin James Martin (Australian politician) Sir James Martin, KCB, QC was three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1873 to 1886.-Early career:...	None	1869–1872
									John Wilson	None	1870–1872
	James Neale	None	1872–1874		Saul Samuel Saul Samuel Sir Saul Samuel CMG, KCMG, CB was an Australian colonial merchant, member of parliament, pastoralist, and prominent Jew...	None	1872–1872		Henry Parkes Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...	None	1872–1877		John MacIntosh	None	1872–1880
					George Oakes George Oakes (Australian politician) George Oakes was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for two periods between 1848 and 1856 and again between 1879 and 1881...	None	1872–1874
	Charles Moore	None	1874–1874
	John Davies	None	1874–1880		Alexander Stuart Alexander Stuart (Australian politician) Sir Alexander Stuart KCMG was Premier of New South Wales from 5 January 1883 to 7 October 1885.-Early years:Stuart was born at Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Stuart and his wife Mary, née McKnight. Stuart was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and attended the University of Edinburgh, but did not...	None	1874–1879
									James Greenwood	None	1877–1880
					Arthur Renwick Arthur Renwick Sir Arthur Renwick was an Australian physician, politician and philanthropist.-Early life:Renwick was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of George Renwick, a bricklayer, and his wife Christina, née Condie. His parents travelled as bounty immigrants aboard the Helen, arriving in Sydney, Australia...	None	1879–1882
	George Reid George Reid (Australian politician) Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia....	None	1880–1884						Henry Dangar	None	1880–1882		Henry Parkes Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his...	None	1880–1882
					Edmund Barton Edmund Barton Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....	None	1882–1887		John McElhone	None	1882–1883		George Griffiths	None	1882–1885
									Henry Copeland	None	1883–1887
	Sydney Burdekin	None	1884–1887
													George Reid George Reid (Australian politician) Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia....	None	1885–1887
		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...	1887–1891		William McMillan William McMillan (Australian politician) Sir William McMillan KCMG was an Australian politician and businessman. Alfred Deakin said he was a "thoughtful, educated businessman, narrow and cold after the manner of the Manchester School … business-like in manner and incisive in debate".McMillan was born in Derry, Ireland and...	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...	1887–1894		John Street	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...	1887–1891			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...	1887–1894
									Walter Bradley	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...	1891–1891
	Edmund Barton Edmund Barton Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....	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...	1891–1894						Varney Parkes Varney Parkes Varney Parkes was an Australian politician.He was born in Ryde, the seventh child of Henry Parkes and Clarinda Varney. He attended public schools and then The King's School in Parramatta before working at the Bank of New South Wales and the Colonial Architect's Office...	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...	1891–1894