Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named after the inner Sydney suburb of Newtown, at the centre of the district.
Since 2015 the member for Newtown has been Jenny Leong of the Greens. Following the 2023 state election Newtown is one of three seats held by the Greens.
Geography On its current boundaries, Newtown includes the suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale, Darlington, Eveleigh, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore and Petersham and parts of Waterloo, Erskineville, Camperdown, Marrickville and Lewisham. It is held by Jenny Leong of the .
History Newtown was originally created in 1859, and named after and including Newtown. It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1891 and four members from 1891 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville.
Newtown was re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90 which saw the districts of Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine and Newtown-St Peters abolished and replaced by Newtown and Camperdown.
In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. Newtown was recreated in 1927 and combined with part of Annandale and renamed Newtown-Annandale in 1950.
Newtown was recreated at the 2013 redistribution, partly replacing Marrickville.
Members for Newtown
Single-member (1859–1880)MemberPartyTerm Alexander McArthur None 1859–1861 Thomas Holt None 1861–1864 Stephen Brown None 1864–1880
Two members (1880–1885)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Stephen Brown None 1880–1881 William FosterNone1880–1882 Joseph Mitchell None 1881–1882 Henry Copeland None 1882–1883 Frederick GibbesNone1882–1885 Joseph Mitchell None 1883–1885
Three members (1885–1891)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm James Francis Smith None 1885–1887 Frederick Gibbes None 1885–1888 William Foster None 1885–1888 Nicholas Hawken1887–1891 1887–1888 1887–1888 Joseph Abbott 1888–1891 Joseph Mitchell 1888–1889 Edmund Molesworth 1889–1891
Four members (1891–1894)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Francis Cotton 1891–1894 Edmund Molesworth 1891–1894 Joseph Abbott 1891–1894 John Hindle 1891–1894
Single-member (1904–1920)MemberPartyTerm Robert Hollis 1904–1916 1916–1917 Frank Burke 1917–1920 Single-member (1927–1950)MemberPartyTerm Frank Burke 1927–1939 1939–1939 1939–1944 Lilian Fowler 1944–1950Single-member (2015–present)MemberPartyTerm Jenny Leong 2015–present
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