Newtown New South Wales—Legislative Assembly |
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Location within Sydney
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State | New South Wales |
Dates current | 1859–1894 1904–1920 1927–1950 2015–present |
MP | Jenny Leong |
Party | Greens |
Electors | 53,871 (2015) |
Area | 10.29 km2 (4.0 sq mi) |
Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the inner Sydney suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale, Darlington, Eveleigh, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore and Petersham and parts of Surry Hills, Waterloo, Erskineville, Camperdown, Marrickville and Lewisham. It is held by Jenny Leong of the Australian Greens.
Newtown was originally created in 1859, and named after and including the 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.