Sydney Burdekin

Sydney Burdekin (18 February 1839 – 17 December 1899) was an Australian politician.

Sydney Burdekin JP
36th Mayor of Sydney
In office 1 January 1890 – 31 December 1891
Preceded by	John Harris
Succeeded by	William Patrick Manning
Alderman of the Sydney City Council
In office 1 December 1883 – 20 November 1898
Succeeded by	William Dymock
Constituency	Macquarie Ward
Personal details
Born	(1839-03-18)18 March 1839 Sydney, Colony of New South Wales
Died	17 December 1899(1899-12-17) (aged 60) Rooty Hill, Colony of New South Wales
Political party	Free Trade Party
Parent	Thomas Burdekin
Relatives	Marshall Burdekin (Brother) Alexander Hay (Son-in-law)

He was born in Sydney to merchant Thomas Burdekin and Mary Ann Bossley. He was educated at Darlinghurst and graduated from the University of Sydney in 1859 with a Bachelor of Arts. He became a solicitor's clerk, but apparently did not become a solicitor, instead becoming a pastoralist in northern New South Wales and Queensland. On 24 January 1872 he married Catherine Byrne, with whom he had eight children.^[1]

He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Tamworth at the 1880 election,^[2] but he was defeated at the 1882 election contesting South Sydney.^[3] Having moved to Sydney, he was elected to Sydney City Council in 1883; he would serve on that council until 1898.^[4] In 1884 he was returned to the Assembly via the by-election for East Sydney.^[5] He was Mayor of Sydney from 1890 to 1891,^[4] when he retired from the Assembly; however, he won the 1892 by-election for Hawkesbury,^[6] but was defeated again in 1894.^[7] A Free Trader, he also served as director of Sydney Hospital from 1878 to 1899.^[8]

Burdekin died at Rooty Hill in 1899.^[8][9] His brother, Marshall Burdekin, was also a member of the Legislative Assembly.^[10]

References

1. Humphries, Shirley (1969). "Burdekin, Marshall (1837–1886) and Burdekin, Sydney (1839–1899)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
2. Green, Antony. "1880 Tamworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1882 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
4. "Sydney Burdekin". Sydney's Aldermen. City of Sydney. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
5. Green, Antony. "1884 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1892 Hawkesbury by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1894 Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
8. "Mr Sydney Burdekin (1839-1899)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
9. "Death of Mr Sydney Burdekin". Evening News. 18 December 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via Trove.
10. "Mr Marshall Burdekin (1837-1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New seat	Member for Tamworth 1880–1882 Served alongside: Robert Levien	Succeeded by John Gill
Preceded by George Reid	Member for East Sydney 1884–1891 Served alongside: Barton/Street/Bradley, Copeland/McMillan, Griffiths/Reid	Succeeded by Edmund Barton Varney Parkes
Preceded by Alexander Bowman	Member for Hawkesbury 1892–1894	Succeeded by William Morgan
Civic offices
Preceded by John Harris	Mayor of Sydney 1890–1891	Succeeded by William Patrick Manning
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Sir John Robertson	President of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales 1890–1891	Succeeded by John See