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Parramatta is an
electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly in the
Australian state of
New South Wales. It is currently held by
Tanya Gadiel of the
Australian Labor Party, and isn't to be confused with the federal
Division of Parramatta, held by Labor MP
Julie Owens. It is a 36.29km² urban electorate in
Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the
City of Parramatta, taking in the suburbs of
Camellia,
Clyde,
Dundas,
Dundas Valley,
Ermington,
Harris Park,
Mays Hill,
Melrose Park,
North Parramatta,
Oatlands,
Parramatta,
Rosehill,
Rydalmere and
Westmead. There were 45,017 electors enrolled in the district as of the
1999 state election.
History
Parramatta and
Murrumbidgee are the only electorates to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in
1856. It elected two members simultaneously from 1856 to 1880. In 1920, it absorbed
Granville and elected three members under
proportional representation. In 1927, it was divided into the single-member electorates of
Parramatta, Granville and
Auburn.
With the development of the party system in the early
1900s, it was held by two conservative MPs for nearly 30 years. Though it was particularly marginal during the
1930s, with the seats (there were more than one due to a system of plural representation in place at the time) changing hands several times, it reverted to type under
United Australia Party and
Liberal MP
George Gollan, who held the seat from
1932 to
1953. It again became marginal for several years after
1953, but has become increasingly safe for the
Australian Labor Party since
1959, with the party only losing Parramatta for three years in the
1980s. The ALP has held Parramatta comfortably in recent years, and its newest representative,
Tanya Gadiel, won the seat easily at the
2003 state election despite a highly publicised and controversial party preselection battle.
Members for Parramatta
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