title: Electoral district of Burwood (New South Wales)
text: # Electoral district of Burwood (New South Wales)
  
  Burwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales named after and including the Sydney suburb of Burwood. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished, and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Ryde, along with Drummoyne, Gordon and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1988 and partly replaced by Strathfield.
  
  ## Members for Burwood
  
  First incarnation (1894–1920) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | William McMillan | Free Trade | 1894–1898 |
  | | William Archer | Independent | 1898–1904 |
  | | Thomas Henley | Liberal Reform | 1904–1917 |
  | | Thomas Henley | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
  | Second incarnation (1927–1988) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | 1927–1932 |
  | | Sir Thomas Henley | United Australia | 1932–1935 |
  | | Gordon Jackett | United Australia | 1935–1938 |
  | | Harrie Mitchell | United Australia | 1938–1941 |
  | | Gordon Jackett | Independent UAP | 1941–1944 |
  | | Gordon Jackett | Democratic | 1944–1945 |
  | | Gordon Jackett | Liberal | 1945–1951 |
  | | Leslie Parr | Liberal | 1951–1956 |
  | | Ben Doig | Liberal | 1957–1965 |
  | | Ben Doig | Independent | 1965–1965 |
  | | John Jackett | Liberal | 1965–1978 |
  | | Phil O'Neill | Labor | 1978–1984 |
  | | Paul Zammit | Liberal | 1984–1988 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  1984 New South Wales state election: Burwood :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,377 | 49.9 | +8.1 |
  | | Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,556 | 47.1 | -8.1 |
  | | Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 857 | 3.0 | -0.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,790 | 97.4 | +0.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 775 | 2.6 | -0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,565 | 92.8 | +2.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,802 | 51.6 | +8.8 |
  | | Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,869 | 48.4 | -8.8 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.8 | |
  