Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Marrickville and Petersham. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Ashfield, Burwood, Croydon, Leichhardt and Marrickville.[1][2][3]
Members for Western Suburbs
edit| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlo Lazzarini | Labor | 1920–1927 | Edward McTiernan | Labor | 1920–1927 | Tom Hoskins | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Sydney Shillington | Nationalist | 1920–1922 | James Wilson | Progressive | 1920–1922 | |||||
| John Ness | Nationalist | 1922–1927 | Nationalist | 1922–1925 | |||||||||||||||
| Milton Jarvie | Nationalist | 1925–1927 | |||||||||||||||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 8,320 | ||||
| Nationalist | John Ness (elected 2) | 9,016 | 18.1 | 1.9 | |
| Nationalist | Tom Hoskins (elected 4) | 6,975 | 14.0 | −2.4 | |
| Nationalist | Milton Jarvie (elected 5) | 3,980 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Nationalist | Henry Morton | 2,443 | 4.9 | 4.9 | |
| Nationalist | William Simpson | 1,865 | 3.7 | 0.6 | |
| Labor | Edward McTiernan (elected 1) | 11,239 | 22.5 | 3.2 | |
| Labor | Carlo Lazzarini (elected 3) | 7,697 | 15.4 | 1.3 | |
| Labor | Barney Olde | 774 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| Labor | James Troy | 649 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| Labor | Roger Ryan | 99 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Independent | Alexander Huie | 3,976 | 8.0 | 2.6 | |
| Protestant Labor | Frederick Armstrong | 578 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Protestant Labor | Alfred Millington | 490 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Majority Labor | John Cain | 133 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,914 | 97.5 | 0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,253 | 2.5 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 51,167 | 70.7 | −3.3 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Nationalist | 24,279 | 48.6 | −9.3 | ||
| Labor | 20,458 | 41.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Independent | Alexander Huie | 3,976 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |
| Protestant Labor | 1,068 | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| Majority Labor | 133 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1925 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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