The Division of Parkes was an
Australian Electoral Division
In Australia, electoral districts for the Australian House of Representatives are called divisions or more commonly referred to as electorates or seats. There are currently 151 single-member electorates for the Australian House of Representati ...
in the
state of
New South Wales. It was located in the south-west of Sydney, and originally included the suburbs of
Canterbury,
Burwood and
Ashfield Ashfield may refer to:
People
* Ashfield (surname)
Places
Australia
* Ashfield, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
** Municipality of Ashfield, a former local government area in Sydney
** Electoral district of Ashfield, a former electoral dist ...
. By the time it was abolished in 1969, it had been redistributed to cover suburbs such as
Earlwood and
Harcourt Harcourt may refer to:
People
*Harcourt (surname)
* Harcourt (given name)
Places
Canada
*Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick
* Harcourt, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community
* Harcourt, Ontario, a village
*Harcourt, Newfoundland and Labrad ...
.
The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the
first Federal election. It was named after Sir
Henry Parkes, seventh
Premier of New South Wales and sometimes known as the 'Father of Federation'. The seat was vacant for a short time at the end of 1930, when
Edward McTiernan was appointed a Justice of the
High Court of Australia
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The High Court was established fol ...
. He was to become the longest serving Justice of that court.
At the redistribution of 11 October 1984, a new
Division of Parkes was created. However, this was located in north-west rural New South Wales, and had no connection to this Division.
Members
Election results
References
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1901 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1901
1969 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 1969
Former electoral divisions of Australia