Electoral district of Redfern

Redfern was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Redfern. It extended to Botany Bay and was bordered by Rainbow Street (Redfern), Anzac Parade, the southern edge of Moore Park, South Dowling Street, Cleveland Street, City Road, King Street, Newtown, Alexandra Canal and Cooks River. It elected two members from 1880 to 1882, three members from 1882 to 1887 and four members from 1887 until the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, when it was split into Redfern, Botany, Darlington, Waterloo and part of Newtown-Erskine. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Botany. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1968.

Members for Redfern

Two members (1880–1882)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Fremlin	None	1880–1882		John Sutherland	None	1880–1882
					Francis Wright	None	1882
Three members (1882–1887)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Fremlin	None	1882–1885		Francis Wright	None	1882–1885		John Sutherland	None	1882–1887
	Arthur Renwick	None	1885–1887		Thomas Williamson	None	1885–1887
Four members (1887–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Stephen	Free Trade	1887–1891		William Schey	Free Trade	1887–1889		John Sutherland	Free Trade	1887–1889		James Farnell	Free Trade	1887–1888
													Peter Howe	Protectionist	1888–1891
					Charles Goodchap	Protectionist	1889–1891
									William Schey	Protectionist	1889–1894
	James McGowen	Labour	1891–1894		Henry Hoyle	Protectionist	1891–1894						William Sharp	Labour	1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	James McGowen	Labour	1894–1917
	William McKell	Labor	1917–1920
Single-member (1927–1968)
Member		Party	Term
	William McKell	Labor	1927–1947
	George Noble	Labor	1947–1949
	Kevin Dwyer	Labor	1949–1950
	Fred Green	Labor	1950–1968

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Redfern

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Redfern.[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Redfern 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	14,453	72.4	−9.4
	Liberal	Gerald Bayliss	4,811	24.1	+10.7
	Communist	Cecil Sharrock	703	3.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			19,967	96.6	−1.2
Informal votes			692	3.4	+1.2
Turnout			20,659	91.1	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green	15,015	75.2	−10.5
	Liberal	Gerald Bayliss	4,952	24.8	+10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.5