Electoral district of Botany

Botany was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Redfern, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Botany. In 1920, parts of the electoral districts of Botany, Alexandria, Enmore, Newtown and Redfern were combined to create a new incarnation of Botany, which elected five members by proportional representation. This was replaced by single member electorates, including parts of Botany, Alexandria, Enmore, Newtown and Redfern for the 1927 election. Botany was abolished in 1950, being partly replaced by Maroubra.^[1][2][3]

Members for Botany

1894–1920, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	William Stephen	Ind. Free Trade	1894–1895
	John Dacey	Labour	1895–1904
	Rowland Anderson	Liberal Reform	1904–1907
	Fred Page	Labour	1907–1913
		Independent Labour	1913–1917
	Thomas Mutch	Labor	1917–1920
1920–1927, 5 members
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Mutch	Labor	1920–1927		Simon Hickey	Labor	1920–1922		Frank Burke	Labor	1920–1927		William McKell	Labor	1920–1927		John Lee	Nationalist	1920–1927
					Bill Ratcliffe	Labor	1922–1927
1927–1950, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Mutch	Independent Labor	1927–1930
	Robert Heffron	Labor	1930–1938
		Industrial Labor	1938–1939
		Labor	1939–1950

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Botany

References

1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
2. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
3. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Botany". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.