Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Victor Dominello of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Contents 1 History 2 Members for Ryde 3 Election results 4 External links 5 References

[edit] 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]

[edit] Members for Ryde

Single member (1894—1904)
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
Single member (1913—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	William Thompson	Liberal Reform	1913—1917
		Nationalist	1917—1920

Five members (1920—1927)
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	Nationalist	1920—1927		Thomas Henley	Nationalist	1920—1927		Robert Greig	Labor	1920—1927
		Nationalist	1922—1925
	Edward Sanders	Nationalist	1925—1927

Single member (1927—1968)
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
	Kenneth Anderson	Liberal	1950—1953
	Frank Downing	Labor	1953—1968
Single member (1981—1991)
Member		Party	Term
	Garry McIlwaine	Labor	1981—1988
	Michael Photios	Liberal	1988—1991
Single member (1999— )
Member		Party	Term
	John Watkins	Labor	1999—2008
	Victor Dominello	Liberal	2008—present

[edit] Election results

Ryde by-election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	21,370	54.34	+25.74
	Labor	Nicole Campbell	11,725	29.81	−15.03
	Greens	Lindsay Peters	4,407	11.21	+3.34
	Independent	Victor Taffa	1,171	2.98	+2.98
	Democrats	Peter Goldfinch	656	1.67	+0.27
Total formal votes			39,329	97.96	+0.53
Informal votes			820	2.04	−0.53
Turnout			40,149	83.64	−9.33
Two Party Preferred Result
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	22,556	63.01	+23.10
	Labor	Nicole Campbell	13,243	36.99	−23.10
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+23.10

New South Wales state election, 2007: Ryde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Watkins	18,780	44.8	-8.9
	Liberal	Vic Tagg	11,979	28.6	-2.1
	Independent	Ivan Petch	3,539	8.4	+8.4
	Greens	Peter Bell	3,297	7.9	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Robyn Peebles	1,532	3.7	+0.9
	Unity	Kevin Chin	1,510	3.6	+0.0
	AAFI	Furgen Gruener	660	1.6	+1.5
	Democrats	Peter Goldfinch	588	1.4	-0.4
Total formal votes			41,885	97.3
Informal votes			1,103	2.7
Turnout			42,988	93.0
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	John Watkins	22,060	60.1	-4.7
	Liberal	Vic Tagg	14,654	39.9	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.7

[edit] External links

• "Ryde Electoral District". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/ryde. Retrieved 2007-01-26. 
• "State Electoral District - Ryde Results 2007". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/lapreferential.ryde.aspx. Retrieved 2007-04-30. 
• "State Electoral District - Ryde Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/ryde/results/2003. Retrieved 2007-01-26. 
• "State Electoral District - Ryde Results 1999". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/ryde/results/1999. Retrieved 2007-01-26. 

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