# Electoral district of East Sydney

East Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly, in the Australian colony of New South Wales created in 1859 from part of the Electoral district of Sydney City, covering the eastern part of the current Sydney central business district, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay and Darlinghurst, bordered by George Street to the east, Boundary Street to the west, and, from the creation of South Sydney in 1880, Liverpool Street and Oxford Street, to the south. It elected four members simultaneously, with voters casting four votes and the first four candidates being elected. For the 1894 election, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Sydney-King, Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh.

## Members for East Sydney

| Member | Party | Period | Member | Party | Period | Member | Party | Period | Member | Party | Period |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1859–1859 | John Black | None | 1859–1860 | Henry Parkes | None | 1859–1861 | James Martin | None | 1859–1860 |
| Peter Faucett | None | 1860–1860 | John Black | None | 1859–1860 | Henry Parkes | None | 1859–1861 | James Martin | None | 1859–1860 |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1860–1867 | Robert Stewart | None | 1860–1864 | Henry Parkes | None | 1859–1861 | John Caldwell | None | 1860–1866 |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1860–1867 | Robert Stewart | None | 1860–1864 | William Forster | None | 1861–1864 | John Caldwell | None | 1860–1866 |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1860–1867 | James Hart | None | 1864–1869 | James Neale | None | 1864–1869 | John Caldwell | None | 1860–1866 |
| Charles Cowper | None | 1860–1867 | James Hart | None | 1864–1869 | James Neale | None | 1864–1869 | Robert Stewart | None | 1866–1869 |
| Marshall Burdekin | None | 1867–1869 | James Hart | None | 1864–1869 | James Neale | None | 1864–1869 | Robert Stewart | None | 1866–1869 |
| George King | None | 1869–1872 | David Buchanan | None | 1869–1872 | Henry Parkes | None | 1869–1870 | James Martin | None | 1869–1872 |
| George King | None | 1869–1872 | David Buchanan | None | 1869–1872 | Bowie Wilson | None | 1870–1872 | James Martin | None | 1869–1872 |
| James Neale | None | 1872–1874 | Saul Samuel | None | 1872–1872 | Henry Parkes | None | 1872–1877 | John Macintosh | None | 1872–1880 |
| James Neale | None | 1872–1874 | George Oakes | None | 1872–1874 | Henry Parkes | None | 1872–1877 | John Macintosh | None | 1872–1880 |
| Charles Moore | None | 1874–1874 | George Oakes | None | 1872–1874 | Henry Parkes | None | 1872–1877 | John Macintosh | None | 1872–1880 |
| John Davies | None | 1874–1880 | Alexander Stuart | None | 1874–1879 | Henry Parkes | None | 1872–1877 | John Macintosh | None | 1872–1880 |
| John Davies | None | 1874–1880 | Alexander Stuart | None | 1874–1879 | James Greenwood | None | 1877–1880 | John Macintosh | None | 1872–1880 |
| John Davies | None | 1874–1880 | Arthur Renwick | None | 1879–1882 | James Greenwood | None | 1877–1880 | John Macintosh | None | 1872–1880 |
| George Reid | None | 1880–1884 | Arthur Renwick | None | 1879–1882 | Henry Parkes | None | 1880–1882 | Henry Dangar | None | 1880–1882 |
| George Reid | None | 1880–1884 | Edmund Barton | None | 1882–1887 | John McElhone | None | 1882–1883 | George Griffiths | None | 1882–1885 |
| George Reid | None | 1880–1884 | Edmund Barton | None | 1882–1887 | Henry Copeland | None | 1883–1887 | George Griffiths | None | 1882–1885 |
| Sydney Burdekin | None | 1884–1887 | Edmund Barton | None | 1882–1887 | Henry Copeland | None | 1883–1887 | George Griffiths | None | 1882–1885 |
| Sydney Burdekin | None | 1884–1887 | Edmund Barton | None | 1882–1887 | Henry Copeland | None | 1883–1887 | George Reid | None | 1885–1887 |
| Sydney Burdekin | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | John Street | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | William McMillan | Free Trade | 1887–1894 | George Reid | Free Trade | 1887–1894 |
| Sydney Burdekin | Free Trade | 1887–1891 | Walter Bradley | Protectionist | 1891–1891 | William McMillan | Free Trade | 1887–1894 | George Reid | Free Trade | 1887–1894 |
| Varney Parkes | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | Edmund Barton | Protectionist | 1891–1894 | William McMillan | Free Trade | 1887–1894 | George Reid | Free Trade | 1887–1894 |

## Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: East Sydney Wednesday 17 June :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Free Trade | William McMillan (re-elected 1) | 3,713 | 19.2 |
| | Protectionist | Edmund Barton (elected 2) | 3,535 | 18.3 |
| | Free Trade | Varney Parkes (elected 3) | 3,343 | 17.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | George Reid (re-elected 4) | 2,946 | 15.2 |
| | Protectionist | William Manning | 2,260 | 11.7 |
| | Labour | William Grantham | 2,241 | 11.6 |
| | Protectionist | Walter Bradley | 1,328 | 6.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,366 | 99.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 65 | 0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,475 | 64.5 |
| | Free Trade hold 2 | Free Trade hold 2 | | |
| | Protectionist hold 1 | Protectionist hold 1 | | |
| | Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade | Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade | | |