Electoral district of Canterbury

Canterbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, currently represented by Sophie Cotsis of the Labor Party.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Canterbury includes the suburbs of Belmore, Campsie, Canterbury, Clemton Park, Earlwood, Lakemba, Undercliffe, and parts of Beverly Hills, Kingsgrove, Roselands, and Wiley Park.

History

Canterbury was created in 1859, replacing part of Cumberland (South Riding), named after and including the then town, now Sydney suburb, of Canterbury. It was bordered on the east by Glebe and Newtown, and from 1880, Balmain and Redfern and stretched in the north to Drummoyne and Rhodes, south to Georges River and west to a line between Salt Pan Creek and Homebush Bay. It was a multi-member electorate, electing two members until 1882 and then four members until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Canterbury, Ashfield, Burwood, Petersham and St George. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927, and has been held by Labor for all but one term since. In recent decades it has become one of Labor's safest seats.

Members for Canterbury

Election results

References

1. Canterbury (disambiguation)
2. Canterbury, New South Wales
3. Ashbury, New South Wales
4. Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
5. City of Canterbury Bankstown
6. City of Canterbury
7. Electoral results for the district of Canterbury
8. Richmond
9. Campsie, New South Wales
10. Canterbury
11. Ashfield, New South Wales
12. Electoral district of St George
13. Electoral district of Monaro
14. Electoral district of Hawthorn
15. 2016 Canterbury state by-election
16. Herne Bay and Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)
17. Electoral district of Bankstown
18. Electoral district of Hornsby
19. Electoral district of Burwood
20. North Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)