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Electoral district of Ryde

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Ryde
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1894–1904
1913–1968
1981–1991
1999–present
MPJordan Lane
PartyLiberal
NamesakeRyde
Electors54,881 (2019)
Area28.23 km2 (10.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Ryde:
Epping Wahroonga Wahroonga
Parramatta Ryde Lane Cove
Parramatta Drummoyne Lane Cove

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

It is currently represented by Jordan Lane of the Liberal Party.

History

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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 Yaralla and Fuller. In 1981 Ryde was recreated from the part of the abolished district of Yaralla north of the Parramatta River and part of the abolished district of Fuller. In 1991, Ryde was abolished again, but in 1999, Gladesville and Eastwood were abolished and largely replaced by a fourth incarnation of Ryde and Epping.[1][2][3]

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.[4] On 17 August 2022, Dominello announced his plan to retire at the upcoming state election. At the election in March, the Liberal candidate, Jordan Lane, won by a two-party preferred margin of 50 votes. The result was so close, a recount was held on 15 April which increased Lane's margin to 54 votes.[5]

Geography

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On its current boundaries, Ryde 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.

Members for Ryde

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1894–1904, 1 member
Member Party Term
  Frank Farnell Free Trade 1894–1898
  Edward Terry Ind. Protectionist 1898–1901
  Frank Farnell Independent Liberal 1901–1903
  Edward Terry Independent Liberal 1904–1904
 
1913–1920, 1 member
Member Party Term
  William Thompson Liberal Reform 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
1920–1927, 5 members
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Edward Loxton Ind. 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
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 Ind. United Australia 1941–1944
  Eric Hearnshaw Liberal 1945–1950
  Ken Anderson Liberal 1950–1953
  Frank Downing Labor 1953–1968
 
1981–1991, 1 member
Member Party Term
  Garry McIlwaine[6] Labor 1981–1988
  Michael Photios[7] Liberal 1988–1991
 
1999–present, 1 member
Member Party Term
  John Watkins[8] Labor 1999–2008
  Victor Dominello[9] Liberal 2008–2023
  Jordan Lane Liberal 2023–present

Election results

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2023 New South Wales state election: Ryde[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jordan Lane 24,383 45.3 −4.4
Labor Lyndal Howison 21,004 39.0 +8.6
Greens Sophie Edington 5,772 10.7 +2.0
Sustainable Australia Bradley Jelfs 1,357 2.5 +0.9
Informed Medical Options Barry Devine 1,324 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 53,840 97.4 +0.1
Informal votes 1,441 2.6 −0.1
Turnout 55,281 89.4 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jordan Lane 25,431 50.1 −8.9
Labor Lyndal Howison 25,377 49.9 +8.9
Liberal hold Swing −8.9

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ryde". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Ryde- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ "NSW Liberals retain Ryde after recount increases lead from 50 to 54 votes". ABC News. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Mr Garry David McIlwaine". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Michael Stephen Photios (1960- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ "The Hon. John Arthur Watkins AM (1955- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  9. ^ "The Hon. Victor Michael Dominello MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  10. ^ LA First Preference: Ryde, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  11. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Ryde, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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