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Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets

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State
  
New South Wales

Abolished
  
1859

Date dissolved
  
1859

Created
  
1856

Founded
  
1856

Sydney Hamlets was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in then British colony of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, including what were then outer suburbs of Sydney and are now the inner suburbs of Paddington, Surry Hills, Redfern, Chippendale, Glebe, Camperdown, O'Connell Town (north Newtown), Balmain, North Sydney, Kirribilli and McMahons Point.

Sydney Hamlets was won and held by the first Premier of New South Wales, Stuart Donaldson for the duration of his premiership. Sydney Hamlets elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.

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Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets Wikipedia