Electoral district of Ryde

Ryde New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904 1913–1968 1981–1991 1999–present
MP	Victor Dominello
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Area	28.23 km^2 (10.9 sq mi)

Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ryde, North Ryde, West Ryde; and parts of Eastwood and Epping.

It is currently represented by Victor Dominello of the Liberal Party of Australia.

History

Ryde was created originally in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts, from part of Central Cumberland and named after and including Ryde. It was abolished in 1904 with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, but recreated in 1913. In 1920, the electoral districts of Ryde, Burwood, Drummoyne, Gordon and Willoughby were combined to create a new incarnation of Ryde, which elected five members by proportional representation. This was replaced by single member electorates, including Ryde, Burwood, Drummoyne, Eastwood, Gordon and Willoughby for the 1927 election. Ryde was abolished in 1968, being partly replaced by Fuller. In 1981, Fuller was abolished and replaced by a recreated Ryde and Gladesville. In 1991, Ryde was abolished again, but in 1999, Gladesville and Eastwood were abolished and largely replaced by a sixth incarnation of Ryde and Epping.^[1]

In its previous incarnations, Ryde was a marginal seat that frequently traded hands between Labor and the conservative parties. In its current incarnation, Ryde was originally a safe Labor seat before a massive swing to the Liberals at a 2008 by-election made it a safe Liberal seat. Dominello currently holds it with a majority of 11.5 percent.

Members for Ryde

First incarnation (1894–1904, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Farnell	Free Trade	1894–1898
	Edward Terry	Independent Protectionist	1898–1901
	Frank Farnell	Independent Liberal	1901–1903
	Edward Terry	Independent Liberal	1904–1904
Second incarnation (1913–1920, 1 members)
Member		Party	Term
	William Thompson	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

Third incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Edward Loxton	Independent Nationalist	1920–1922		David Anderson	Nationalist	1920–1927		Thomas Bavin	Progressive	1920–1922		Sir Thomas Henley	Nationalist	1920–1927		Robert Greig	Labor	1920–1927
		Nationalist	1922–1925					Nationalist		1922–1927
	Edward Sanders	Nationalist	1925–1927

Fourth incarnation (1927–1968, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Henry McDicken	Labor	1927–1930
	Evan Davies	Labor	1930–1932
	Eric Spooner	United Australia	1932–1940
	Arthur Williams	Labor	1940–1941
	James Shand	Independent UAP	1941–1944
	Eric Hearnshaw	Liberal	1945–1950
	Ken Anderson	Liberal	1950–1953
	Frank Downing	Labor	1953–1968
Fifth incarnation (1981–1991, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Garry McIlwaine	Labor	1981–1988
	Michael Photios	Liberal	1988–1991
Sixth incarnation (1999–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Watkins	Labor	1999–2008
	Victor Dominello	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Ryde[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	25,950	53.7	−8.5
	Labor	Jerome Laxale	13,958	28.9	+11.7
	Greens	Justin Alick	5,548	11.5	+1.9
	Christian Democrats	Julie Worsley	2,034	4.2	+0.1
	No Land Tax	Joe Cacciotti	806	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			48,296	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			1,512	3.0	−0.1
Turnout			49,808	91.3	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	27,516	61.5	−13.7
	Labor	Jerome Laxale	17,215	38.5	+13.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−13.7

References

1. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
2. State Electoral District of Ryde: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Ryde: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Ryde". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2015.