Glebe or The Glebe was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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, originally created in 1859, partly replacing Sydney Hamlets, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of

Glebe Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...

. It elected one member from 1859 to 1885 and two members from 1885 to 1894. In 1920, with the introduction of

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

, it was absorbed into Balmain. Glebe was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1941.

Members for Glebe

Election results

References

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