Electoral district of Sydney City

Sydney City was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, when it was split into the electorates of East Sydney and West Sydney.

Members for Sydney City

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Parkes	None	1856–1856		James Wilshire	None	1856–1858		Robert Campbell	None	1856–1859		Charles Cowper	None	1856–1859
	William Dalley	None	1856–1858
	Robert Tooth	None	1858–1859		George Thornton	None	1858–1859

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney City.edit

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney City
15 January 

Candidate		Votes	%
George Thornton (elected 1)		3,666	21.4
Robert Tooth (elected 2)		2,411	14.1
Robert Campbell (re-elected 3)		2,158	12.6
Charles Cowper (re-elected 4)		2,099	12.2
William Dalley (defeated)		2,035	11.9
Frank Fowler		1,762	10.3
James Wilshire (defeated)		1,557	18.7
William Allen		1,474	8.6
Total formal votes		17,164	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		17,164	39.7

Robert Tooth had unsuccessfully contested Sydney Hamlets.