Surry Hills was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in theAustralian state ofNew South Wales, named after and includingSurry Hills and was originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of part of the abolished seat ofSydney-Flinders and parts ofSydney-Cook andRandwick. In 1920, with the introduction ofproportional representation, it was absorbed intoSydney. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1930.[2][3][4]
| First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Norton | Independent | 1904–1906 | |
| Albert Bruntnell | Liberal Reform | 1906–1907 | |
| Sir James Graham | Liberal Reform | 1907–1910 | |
| Henry Hoyle | Labor | 1910–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||
| Arthur Buckley | Labor | 1917–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Tom Shannon | Labor | 1927–1930 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Shannon | 7,536 | 66.1 | ||
| Nationalist | William Adkins | 3,694 | 32.4 | ||
| Independent | John Salmon | 175 | 1.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 11,405 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 164 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 11,569 | 76.7 | |||
| Laborwin | (new seat) | ||||
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