Burwood was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in theAustralian state ofNew South Wales named after and including theSydney suburb ofBurwood. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the four memberCanterbury was largely divided betweenAshfield, Burwood, Canterbury,Petersham andSt George. In 1920, with the introduction ofproportional representation, it was absorbed intoRyde, along withDrummoyne,Gordon andWilloughby. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1988 and partly replaced byStrathfield.[2][3][4]
| First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William McMillan | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
| William Archer | Independent | 1898–1904 | |
| Thomas Henley | Liberal Reform | 1904–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
| Second incarnation (1927–1988) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | 1927–1932 | |
| United Australia | 1932–1935 | ||
| Gordon Jackett [a] | United Australia | 1935–1938 | |
| Harrie Mitchell | United Australia | 1938–1941 | |
| Gordon Jackett [a] | Ind. United Australia | 1941–1944 | |
| Democratic | 1944–1945 | ||
| Liberal | 1945–1951 | ||
| Leslie Parr | Liberal | 1951–1956 | |
| Ben Doig | Liberal | 1957–1965 | |
| Independent | 1965–1965 | ||
| John Jackett [a] | Liberal | 1965–1978 | |
| Phil O'Neill | Labor | 1978–1984 | |
| Paul Zammit | Liberal | 1984–1988 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,377 | 49.9 | +8.1 | |
| Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,556 | 47.1 | −8.1 | |
| Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 857 | 3.0 | −0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,790 | 97.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 775 | 2.6 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 29,565 | 92.8 | +2.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,802 | 51.6 | +8.8 | |
| Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,869 | 48.4 | −8.8 | |
| Liberalgain fromLabor | Swing | +8.8 | |||
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