# Electoral district of Paddington (New South Wales)

Paddington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, partly replacing Sydney Hamlets. It included the suburbs of Paddington and Redfern. The rest of Sydney's current Eastern Suburbs, which were then rural, were part of Canterbury. With the creation of the electoral districts of South Sydney and Redfern in 1880, Paddington included the northern part of the eastern suburbs, generally east of what is now known as Anzac Parade and north of Rainbow Street, including all of current Woollahra and Waverley and part of Randwick. It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1889 and four members from 1889 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Paddington, Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Sydney. Paddington was recreated in 1927. In 1959, it was combined with part of Waverley and renamed Paddington-Waverley, which was itself abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Bligh.

## Members for Paddington

First incarnation (1859–1920) Single-member (1859–1880) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Daniel Cooper | None | 1859–1860 |
| | John Sutherland | None | 1860–1880 |
| | William Hezlet | None | 1880–1880 |
| Two members (1880–1885) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | William Hezlet | None | 1880–1882 | | William Trickett | None | 1880–1885 |
| | Robert Butcher | None | 1882–1885 | | William Trickett | None | 1880–1885 |
| Three members (1885–1889) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Robert Butcher | None | 1885–1887 | | William Trickett | None | 1885–1887 | | John Neild | None | 1885–1887 |
| | Alfred Allen | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | | William Trickett | Free Trade | 1887–1887 | | John Neild | Free Trade | 1887–1889 |
| | Alfred Allen | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | | William Allen | Protectionist | 1888–1889 | | John Neild | Free Trade | 1887–1889 |
| Four members (1889–1894) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Alfred Allen | Free Trade | 1889–1894 | | John Shepherd | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | | Robert King | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | | Jack Want | Free Trade | 1889–1891 |
| | Alfred Allen | Free Trade | 1889–1894 | | James Marks | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | | John Neild | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | | Jack Want | Ind. Free Trade | 1891–1894 |
| Single-member (1894–1920) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | William Shipway | Free Trade | 1894–1895 |
| | John Neild | Ind. Free Trade | 1895–1898 |
| | John Neild | Free Trade | 1898–1901 |
| | Charles Oakes | Liberal Reform | 1901–1910 |
| | John Osborne | Labor | 1910–1919 |
| | Lawrence O'Hara | Labor | 1919–1919 |
| | John Birt | Labor | 1919–1920 |
| Second incarnation (1927–1959) Single-member ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | (Sir) Daniel Levy | Nationalist | 1927–1930 |
| | Maurice O'Sullivan | Labor | 1930–1959 |

## Election results

1956 New South Wales state election: Paddington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | 12,570 | 66.4 | −20.6 |
| | Liberal | Rodney Craigie | 4,339 | 22.9 | +22.9 |
| | Communist | Bill Brown | 2,035 | 10.7 | −2.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,944 | 97.1 | +4.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 573 | 2.9 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,517 | 91.4 | +1.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | 14,401 | 76.0 | −11.0 |
| | Liberal | Rodney Craigie | 4,543 | 24.0 | +24.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |