Electoral district of Ryde
Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It 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.
Ryde New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1894–1904 1913–1968 1981–1991 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Victor Dominello | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal Party | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 54,881 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 28.23 km2 (10.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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It is currently represented by Victor Dominello 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]
Members for Ryde
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Victor Dominello | 24,045 | 49.59 | −4.15 | |
Labor | Jerome Laxale | 14,750 | 30.42 | +1.52 | |
Greens | Lindsay Peters | 4,206 | 8.67 | −2.81 | |
Christian Democrats | Julie Worsley | 2,058 | 4.24 | +0.03 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Sophie Khatchigian | 1,336 | 2.76 | +2.76 | |
Conservatives | Steve Busch | 850 | 1.75 | +1.75 | |
Sustainable Australia | Mark Larsen | 835 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher De Bruyne | 412 | 0.85 | +0.85 | |
Total formal votes | 48,492 | 97.29 | +0.33 | ||
Informal votes | 1,351 | 2.71 | −0.33 | ||
Turnout | 49,843 | 90.82 | −0.51 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Victor Dominello | 25,549 | 58.96 | −2.55 | |
Labor | Jerome Laxale | 15,401 | 41.04 | +2.55 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.55 |
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ryde". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- "Ryde- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "Mr Garry David McIlwaine". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- "Mr Michael Stephen Photios (1960- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- "The Hon. John Arthur Watkins AM (1955- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "The Hon. Victor Michael Dominello MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- "Ryde: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Ryde: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links
- "Ryde". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.