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| West Sydney AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision | |
|---|---|
| Created | 1901 |
| Abolished | 1969 |
| Namesake | West Sydney |
TheDivision of West Sydney was anAustralian electoral division in thestate ofNew South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs ofSydney, and at various times included the suburbs ofPyrmont,Darling Harbour,Surry Hills,Balmain,Glebe, and from 1955 to 1969,Lord Howe Island.[1][2]
The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of theoriginal 75 divisions to be contested at thefirst federal election. It was abolished at the redistribution of 21 November 1968. It was held by theAustralian Labor Party for all but seven months of its existence, and for most of that time was a comfortably safe Labor seat. It was the first of four seats to be held byBilly Hughes, the eleventhPrime Minister of Australia and thelongest-serving member of the Australian Parliament. He was expelled from the ALP in November 1916; the time between then and the1917 federal election was the only time the seat was out of Labor hands. It was also held byThomas Ryan, a formerPremier of Queensland.
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Billy Hughes (1862–1952) | Labor | 29 March 1901 – 14 November 1916 | Previously held theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly seat ofSydney-Lang. Served as minister underWatson andFisher. Served asPrime Minister from1915to 1923. Transferred to the Division ofBendigo | |
| National Labor | 14 November 1916 – 17 February 1917 | ||||
| Nationalist | 17 February 1917 – 5 May 1917 | ||||
.jpg) | Con Wallace (1881–1921) | Labor | 5 May 1917 – 13 December 1919 | Did not contest in1919. Failed to win the Division ofNepean | |
 | Thomas Ryan (1876–1921) | 13 December 1919 – 1 August 1921 | Previously held theLegislative Assembly of Queensland seat ofBarcoo. Died in office | ||
 | William Lambert (1881–1928) | 3 September 1921 – 6 September 1928 | Died in office | ||
 | Jack Beasley (1895–1949) | 17 November 1928 – 27 March 1931 | Served as minister underCurtin,Forde andChifley. Retired to become theHigh Commissioner to the United Kingdom | ||
| Labor (NSW) | 27 March 1931 – February 1936 | ||||
| Labor | February 1936 – 2 May 1940 | ||||
| Labor (Non-Communist) | 2 May 1940 – February 1941 | ||||
| Labor | February 1941 – 14 August 1946 | ||||
 | William O'Connor (1910–1987) | 28 September 1946 – 10 December 1949 | Transferred to the Division ofMartin | ||
 | Dan Minogue (1893–1983) | 10 December 1949 – 29 September 1969 | Retired after West Sydney was abolished in 1969 | ||
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