ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF PARRAMATTA

'Parramatta' is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Tanya Gadiel of the Australian Labor Party, and is not to be confused with the federal Division of Parramatta, held by Labor MP Julie Owens. It is a 36.29km² urban electorate in Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the City of Parramatta, taking in the suburbs of Camellia, Clyde, Dundas, Dundas Valley, Ermington, Harris Park, Mays Hill, Melrose Park, North Parramatta, Oatlands, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere and Westmead. There were 45,017 electors enrolled in the district as of the 1999 state election.

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History

Members for Parramatta

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History

'Parramatta' and Murrumbidgee are the only electorates 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.
With the development of the party system in the early 1900s, it was held by two conservative MPs for nearly 30 years. Though it was particularly marginal during the 1930s, with the seats (there were more than one due to a system of plural representation in place at the time) changing hands several times, it reverted to type under United Australia Party and Liberal MP George Gollan, who held the seat from 1932 to 1953. It again became marginal for several years after 1953, but has become increasingly safe for the Australian Labor Party since 1959, with the party only losing Parramatta for three years in the 1980s. The ALP has held Parramatta comfortably in recent years, and its newest representative, Tanya Gadiel, won the seat easily at the 2003 state election despite a highly publicised and controversial party preselection battle.

Members for Parramatta

Parramatta, two members (1856—1880)
'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Henry Parker	None	1856-1857
James Byrnes	None	1858-1861
Arthur Holroyd	None	1861-1864
James Byrnes	None	1864-1872
Hugh Taylor	None	1872-1880
George Oakes	None	1856-1860
John Lackey	None	1860-1864
James Farnell	None	1864-1874
Charles Byrnes	None	1874-1877
William Long	None	1877-1880
Parramatta, one member (1880—1920)
'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Charles Byrnes	None	1880-1882
Hugh Taylor	None	1882-1894
Dowell O'Reilly	None	1894-1898
William Ferris	None	1898-1901
Thomas Moxham	Liberal Reform/Liberal Party	1901-1916
Albert Bruntnell	Nationalist Party	1916-1920
Parramatta, proportional representation, three members (1920—1927)
'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Albert Bruntnell	Nationalist Party	1920-1927
William Ely	Australian Labor Party	1920-1922
Thomas Morrow	Nationalist Party	1922-1925
William Ely	Australian Labor Party	1925-1927
Jack Lang	Australian Labor Party	1920-1927
Parramatta, one member (1927— )
'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Albert Bruntnell	Nationalist Party	1927-1929
Herbert Lloyd	Nationalist Party	1929-1930
Joseph Byrne	Australian Labor Party	1930-1932
George Gollan	United Australia Party/Liberal Party of Australia	1932-1953
Kevin Morgan	Australian Labor Party	1953-1956
Jim Clough	Liberal Party of Australia	1956-1959
Dan Mahoney	Australian Labor Party	1959-1976
Barry Wilde	Australian Labor Party	1976-1988
John Books	Liberal Party of Australia	1988-1991
Andrew Ziolkowski	Australian Labor Party	1991-1994
Gabrielle Harrison	Australian Labor Party	1994-2003
Tanya Gadiel	Australian Labor Party	2003-present

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★ Parramatta Electoral District

★ State Electoral District - Parramatta Results 2007

★ State Electoral District - Parramatta Results 2003

★ State Electoral District - Parramatta Results 1999