Darlinghurst was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the

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n state of

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. Named after and including

Darlinghurst Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the Ci ...

, it was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the

1903 New South Wales referendum A referendum concerning the reduction of the members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was put to voters on 16 December 1903, in conjunction with the 1903 federal election. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferen ...

, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. It consisted of parts of

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and the abolished seats of Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh. It was abolished in 1920 with the introduction of

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and was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of

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. It was briefly recreated in 1950 before being abolished in 1953.

Members for Darlinghurst

Election results

References

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