Syd Einfeld

Syd Einfeld AO
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Waverley
In office 13 February 1971 – 19 September 1981
Preceded by	District established
Succeeded by	Ernie Page
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Bondi
In office 6 November 1965 – 13 February 1971
Preceded by	Abe Landa
Succeeded by	District abolished
Member of the Australian Parliament for Phillip
In office 9 December 1961 – 30 November 1963
Preceded by	William Aston
Succeeded by	William Aston
Personal details
Born	(1909-06-17)17 June 1909 Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 June 1995(1995-06-16) (aged 85) Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Labor
Children	Marcus Einfeld
Occupation	Company manager

Sydney David Einfeld AO (17 June 1909 – 16 June 1995) was an Australian politician and Jewish community leader. Einfeld is credited with changing Australia's immigration policy to provide a refuge for Holocaust survivors. As a result, Australia accepted more refugees per capita than any other country in the world, and more Jewish refugees than anywhere except Israel.^[1]