Electoral district of Parramatta

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Australian electorate

Parramatta
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly

Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election

State| New South Wales
Dates current| 1856–present
MP| Donna Davis
Party| Labor
Namesake| Parramatta
Electors| 57,995 (2023)
Area| 36 km2 (13.9 sq mi)
Demographic| Inner-metropolitan
| Electorates around Parramatta:

Winston Hills | Epping | Ryde
Winston Hills
Granville | Parramatta | Drummoyne
Granville | Auburn
Granville | Auburn
Strathfield

Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Donna Davis of the Labor Party since the 2023 NSW state election.

Parramatta is an urban electorate in Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the City of Parramatta.

## Geography

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Oh its current boundaries, Parramatta takes in the suburbs of Camellia, Carlingford, Dundas, Dundas Valley, Ermington, Granville, Harris Park, Melrose Park, North Parramatta, North Rocks, Oatlands, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Telopea and Westmead, as well as part of Mays Hill.[1]

## History

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Letter by Sir Thomas Bavin to the electors of Parramatta to support the candidature of General Lloyd in 1929.

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

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Two members (1856–1880)

Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term
| Henry Parker | None  | 1856–1857  |  | George Oakes | None  | 1856–1860
| James Byrnes | None  | 1858–1861  |
|  | John Lackey | None  | 1860–1864
| Arthur Holroyd | None  | 1861–1864
| James Byrnes | None  | 1864–1872  |  | James Farnell | None  | 1864–1874
| Hugh Taylor | None  | 1872–1880  |
| Charles Byrnes | None  | 1874–1877
| William Long | None  | 1877–1880
Single-member (1880–1920)

Member | Party | Term
| Charles Byrnes | None  | 1880–1882
| Hugh Taylor | None  | 1882–1887
| Free Trade | 1887–1894
| Dowell O'Reilly | Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895
| Free Trade | 1895–1898
| William Ferris | Protectionist | 1898–1901
| Tom Moxham | Liberal Reform | 1901–1916
| Albert Bruntnell | Liberal Reform | 1916–1917
| Nationalist | 1917–1920
Three members (1920–1927)

Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term
| Albert Bruntnell | Nationalist | 1920–1927  |  | Bill Ely | Labor | 1920–1922  |  | Jack Lang | Labor | 1920–1927
| Thomas Morrow | Nationalist | 1922–1925
| Bill Ely | Labor | 1925–1927
Single-member (1927–present)

Member | Party | Term
| Albert Bruntnell | Nationalist | 1927–1929
| Herbert Lloyd | Nationalist | 1929–1930
| Joseph Byrne | Labor | 1930–1932
| George Gollan | United Australia | 1932–1945
| Liberal | 1945–1953
| Kevin Morgan | Labor | 1953–1956
| Jim Clough | Liberal | 1956–1959
| Dan Mahoney | Labor | 1959–1976
| Barry Wilde | Labor | 1976–1988
| John Books | Liberal | 1988–1991
| Andrew Ziolkowski | Labor | 1991–1994
| Gabrielle Harrison | Labor | 1994–2003
| Tanya Gadiel | Labor | 2003–2011
| Geoff Lee | Liberal | 2011–2023
| Donna Davis | Labor | 2023–present

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Parramatta

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Parramatta.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Parramatta[2][3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Donna Davis | 22,704  | 47.0  | +13.0
| Liberal | Katie Mullens  | 17,152  | 35.5  | −14.5
| Greens | Ben Hammond  | 4,852  | 10.0  | +2.1
| One Nation | Mritunjay Singh  | 2,464  | 5.1  | +5.1
| Sustainable Australia | David Moll  | 1,109  | 2.3  | +1.2
Total formal votes  | 48,281  | 96.9  | +0.2
Informal votes  | 1,519  | 3.1  | −0.2
Turnout | 49,800  | 85.9  | +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
| Labor | Donna Davis | 26,355  | 58.6  | +15.0
| Liberal | Katie Mullens  | 18,655  | 41.4  | −15.0
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.0 |

## References

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1. ^ "Parramatta". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. ^ LA First Preference: Parramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
3. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Parramatta, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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