# Electoral district of Newtown

Newtown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

## Geography

On its current boundaries, Newtown includes the suburbs of Redfern, Chippendale, Darlington, Eveleigh, Newtown, Enmore, Stanmore and Petersham and parts of Waterloo, Erskineville, Camperdown, Marrickville and Lewisham. It is held by Jenny Leong of the Greens.

## History

Newtown was originally created in 1859, and named after and including Newtown. It elected one member from 1859 to 1880, two members from 1880 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1891 and four members from 1891 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville.
Newtown was re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90 which saw the districts of Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine and Newtown-St Peters abolished and replaced by Newtown and Camperdown.
In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. Newtown was recreated in 1927 and combined with part of Annandale and renamed Newtown-Annandale in 1950.
Newtown was recreated at the 2013 redistribution, partly replacing Marrickville.

## Members for Newtown

Single-member (1859–1880) :
| Member | Party | Term |
| Alexander McArthur | None | 1859–1861 |
| Thomas Holt | None | 1861–1864 |
| Stephen Brown | None | 1864–1880 |
Two members (1880–1885) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| Stephen Brown | None | 1880–1881 | William Foster | None | 1880–1882 |
| Joseph Mitchell | None | 1881–1882 | William Foster | None | 1880–1882 |
| Henry Copeland | None | 1882–1883 | Frederick Gibbes | None | 1882–1885 |
| Joseph Mitchell | None | 1883–1885 | Frederick Gibbes | None | 1882–1885 |
Three members (1885–1891) :
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
| James Francis Smith | None | 1885–1887 | Frederick Gibbes | None | 1885–1888 | William Foster | None | 1885–1888 |
| Nicholas Hawken | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | Frederick Gibbes | Free Trade | 1887–1888 | William Foster | Free Trade | 1887–1888 |
| Nicholas Hawken | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | Joseph Abbott | Free Trade | 1888–1891 | Joseph Mitchell | Free Trade | 1888–1889 |
| Nicholas Hawken | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | Joseph Abbott | Free Trade | 1888–1891 | Edmund Molesworth | Free Trade | 1889–1891 |
Four members (1891–1894) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Francis Cotton | Labor | 1891–1894 | | Edmund Molesworth | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | | Joseph Abbott | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | | John Hindle | Labor | 1891–1894 |
Single-member (1904–1920) :
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Robert Hollis | Labor | 1904–1916 |
| | Robert Hollis | Nationalist | 1916–1917 |
| | Frank Burke | Labor | 1917–1920 |
| Single-member (1927–1950) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Frank Burke | Labor | 1927–1939 |
| | Frank Burke | Industrial Labor | 1939–1939 |
| | Frank Burke | Labor | 1939–1944 |
| | Lilian Fowler | Lang Labor | 1944–1950 |
| Single-member (2015–present) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Jenny Leong | Greens | 2015–present |

## Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Newtown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Greens | Jenny Leong | 26,758 | 54.1 | +9.9 |
| | Labor | David Hetherington | 15,104 | 30.5 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal | Fiona Douskou | 6,365 | 12.9 | −1.7 |
| | Sustainable Australia | Christopher Thomas | 1,275 | 2.6 | +0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,502 | 98.5 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 769 | 1.5 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,271 | 84.4 | −0.8 |
| Notional two-party-preferred count ||||||
| | Labor | David Hetherington | 35,145 | 82.3 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal | Fiona Douskou | 7,553 | 17.7 | −4.1 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Greens | Jenny Leong | 28,015 | 62.1 | +0.7 |
| | Labor | David Hetherington | 17,094 | 37.9 | −0.7 |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Swing | +0.7 | |