Electoral district of Parramatta

Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was won by Donna Davis of the Labor Party in the 2023 NSW state election.

Parramatta is an urban electorate in Sydney's inner north-west, roughly analogous to the City of Parramatta.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Parramatta takes in the suburbs of Camellia, Carlingford, Dundas, Dundas Valley, Ermington, Granville, Harris Park, Melrose Park, North Parramatta, North Rocks, Oatlands, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Telopea and Westmead, as well as part of Mays Hill.

History

File:11. Sir Thomas Bavin - circular, 15 February 1929, to the electors of Parramatta supporting the candidature of General Lloyd in the NSW state election.jpg

Letter by Sir Thomas Bavin to the electors of Parramatta to support the candidature of General Lloyd in 1929.

Parramatta is the only electorate 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.

For most of its single member history since 1927 and prior to 2011 Parramatta was a safe Labor Party seat. Prior to 2011 it was last held by the Liberals by John Books from 1988 to 1991. The Liberal Party had hopes of winning back the seat at the 1994 by-election when it was a marginal ALP seat but the ALP retained the seat with a huge swing towards it.

Labor went into the 2011 election holding the seat with a margin of 13.1 percent, but Liberal challenger Geoff Lee won it on a swing of 25.8 percent, turning it into a safe Liberal seat in one stroke. He was reelected in 2015, the first time in over 60 years that the Liberals (or their predecessors) have been reelected in the seat's single member incarnation.

Members for Parramatta

Two members (1856–1880)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Henry Parker	None	1856–1857	Template:Australian party style|	George Oakes	None	1856–1860
Template:Australian party style|	James Byrnes	None	1858–1861	Template:Australian party style|
Template:Australian party style|				rowspan="2" Template:Australian party style|	John Lackey	None	1860–1864
Template:Australian party style|	Arthur Holroyd	None	1861–1864
Template:Australian party style|	James Byrnes	None	1864–1872	Template:Australian party style|	James Farnell	None	1864–1874
rowspan="3" Template:Australian party style|	Hugh Taylor	None	1872–1880	Template:Australian party style|
Template:Australian party style|				Charles Byrnes	None	1874–1877
Template:Australian party style|				William Long	None	1877–1880

Single-member (1880–1920)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Charles Byrnes	None	1880–1882
Template:Australian party style|	Hugh Taylor	None	1882–1887
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1887–1894
Template:Australian party style|	Dowell O'Reilly	Template:Australian politics/name	1894–1895
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1895–1898
Template:Australian party style|	William Ferris	Template:Australian politics/name	1898–1901
Template:Australian party style|	Tom Moxham	Template:Australian politics/name	1901–1916
Template:Australian party style|	Albert Bruntnell	Template:Australian politics/name	1916–1917
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1917–1920

Three members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
rowspan="3" Template:Australian party style|	Albert Bruntnell	Template:Australian politics/name	1920–1927	Template:Australian party style|	Bill Ely	Template:Australian politics/name	1920–1922	rowspan="3" Template:Australian party style|	Jack Lang	Template:Australian politics/name	1920–1927
Template:Australian party style|				Thomas Morrow	Template:Australian politics/name	1922–1925
Template:Australian party style|				Bill Ely	Template:Australian politics/name	1925–1927

Single-member (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Albert Bruntnell	Template:Australian politics/name	1927–1929
Template:Australian party style|	Herbert Lloyd	Template:Australian politics/name	1929–1930
Template:Australian party style|	Joseph Byrne	Template:Australian politics/name	1930–1932
Template:Australian party style|	George Gollan	Template:Australian politics/name	1932–1945
Template:Australian party style|		Template:Australian politics/name	1945–1953
Template:Australian party style|	Kevin Morgan	Template:Australian politics/name	1953–1956
Template:Australian party style|	Jim Clough	Template:Australian politics/name	1956–1959
Template:Australian party style|	Dan Mahoney	Template:Australian politics/name	1959–1976
Template:Australian party style|	Barry Wilde	Template:Australian politics/name	1976–1988
Template:Australian party style|	John Books	Template:Australian politics/name	1988–1991
Template:Australian party style|	Andrew Ziolkowski	Template:Australian politics/name	1991–1994
Template:Australian party style|	Gabrielle Harrison	Template:Australian politics/name	1994–2003
Template:Australian party style|	Tanya Gadiel	Template:Australian politics/name	2003–2011
Template:Australian party style|	Geoff Lee	Template:Australian politics/name	2011–2023
Template:Australian party style|	Donna Davis	Template:Australian politics/name	2023–present