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Electoral district of Ryde

Electoral district of Ryde

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia


Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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It is currently represented by Jordan Lane of the Liberal Party.

History

Ryde was created originally in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Central Cumberland and named after and including Ryde. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, but recreated in 1913. In 1920, the electoral districts of Ryde, Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon and Willoughby were combined to create a new incarnation of Ryde, which elected five members by proportional representation. This was replaced by single member electorates, including Ryde, Burwood, Drummoyne, Eastwood, Gordon and Willoughby for the 1927 election. Ryde was abolished in 1968, being partly replaced by Yaralla and Fuller. In 1981 Ryde was recreated from the part of the abolished district of Yaralla north of the Parramatta River and part of the abolished district of Fuller. In 1991, Ryde was abolished again, but in 1999, Gladesville and Eastwood were abolished and largely replaced by a fourth incarnation of Ryde and Epping.[1][2][3]

In its previous incarnations, Ryde was a marginal seat that frequently traded hands between Labor and the conservative parties. In its current incarnation, Ryde was originally a safe Labor seat before a massive swing to the Liberals at a 2008 by-election made it a safe Liberal seat. Dominello currently holds it with a majority of 11.5 percent.[4] On 17 August 2022, Dominello announced his plan to retire at the upcoming state election. At the election in March, the Liberal candidate, Jordan Lane, won by a two-party preferred margin of 50 votes. The result was so close, a recount was held on 15 April which increased Lane's margin to 54 votes.[5]

Geography

On its current boundaries, Ryde includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and parts of Eastwood and Epping.

Members for Ryde

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Election results

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ryde". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. "Ryde- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. "Mr Garry David McIlwaine". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Michael Stephen Photios (1960- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. "The Hon. Victor Michael Dominello MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. LA First Preference: Ryde, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Ryde, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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