NSW Electoral History
Compulsory voting began in NSW in 1928.
For a detailed description of the development of democracy in New South Wales visit the NSW Parliament website, which has a time-line broken into the following stages:
- 1788 - Before European settlement
- 1788–1810 Early European settlement of NSW
- 1810–21 Governor Lachlan Macquarie
- 1822–42 The first legislature
- 1843–55 Towards responsible government
- 1856–89 Responsible government and colonial development
- 1890–1900 Towards Federation
- 1901–18 The early federal period and WWI
- 1919–29 The Twenties
- 1930–39 Depression and crisis
- 1939–65 War and post-war
- 1966–88 From Vietnam to bicentenary: social and economic change
- 2000 To the millennium
Changes have been made to electoral legislation at both the state level and local government level, which have had an impact on the conduct and administration of elections in New South Wales.
