Electoral district of Northumberland
Northumberland was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1913, in the Newcastle area and named after Northumberland County. It elected two members simultaneously between 1880 and 1887 and three members between 1887 and 1894. Voters cast a vote for each vacancy and the leading candidates were elected.[1][2][3]
Members for Northumberland[edit]
| Single-member (1859–1880) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Alexander Scott | None | 1859–1860 | |||||||||
| Thomas Lewis | None | 1860–1862 | |||||||||
| Atkinson Tighe | None | 1862–1869 | |||||||||
| William Brookes | None | 1869–1872 | |||||||||
| James Hannell | None | 1872–1874 | |||||||||
| Charles Stevens | None | 1874–1877 | |||||||||
| William Turner | None | 1877–1877 | |||||||||
| Thomas Hungerford | None | 1877–1880 | |||||||||
| Ninian Melville | None | 1880–1880 | |||||||||
| Two members (1880–1887) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||
| Ninian Melville | None | 1880–1887 | William Turner | None | 1880–1881 | ||||||
| Thomas Hungerford | None | 1882–1882 | |||||||||
| Atkinson Tighe | None | 1882–1884 | |||||||||
| Richard Luscombe | None | 1884–1885 | |||||||||
| Joseph Creer | None | 1885–1887 | |||||||||
| Three members (1887–1894) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Ninian Melville | Protectionist | 1887–1894 | Joseph Creer | Ind. Protectionist | 1887–1889 | Thomas Walker | Protectionist | 1887–1894 | |||
| Protectionist | 1889–1891 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Edden | Labour | 1891–1894 | |||||||||
| Single-member (1894–1913) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Richard Stevenson | Protectionist | 1894–1895 | |||||||||
| Henry Wheeler | Free Trade | 1895–1898 | |||||||||
| Richard Stevenson | Protectionist | 1898–1899 | |||||||||
| John Norton | Independent | 1899–1904 | |||||||||
| Matthew Charlton | Labour | 1904–1910 | |||||||||
| William Kearsley | Labour | 1910–1913 | |||||||||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Kearsley | 7,389 | 79.1 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Reginald Harris | 1,957 | 20.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 9,346 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 228 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 9,574 | 56.9 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Northumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Northumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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