Cumberland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in outer western Sydney named after Cumberland County. It was created as a three-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Camden and Hawkesbury. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Hawkesbury, Nepean, and parts of Bankstown, Lakemba and Hornsby.[1][2][3]
Members for Cumberland
edit| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voltaire Molesworth [4] | Labor | 1920–1925 | Bruce Walker [5] | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Ernest Carr [6] | Nationalist | 1920–1922 | |||
| William FitzSimons [7] | Nationalist | 1922–1926 | |||||||||
| James McGirr [8] | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||||
| James Shand [9] | Nationalist | 1926–1927 | |||||||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 7,885 | ||||
| Nationalist | William FitzSimons (elected 1) | 8,959 | 28.4 | 2.6 | |
| Nationalist | Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2) | 7,989 | 25.3 | 2.3 | |
| Nationalist | James Shand | 4,010 | 12.7 | 12.7 | |
| Labor | James McGirr (elected 3) | 7,102 | 22.5 | −3.1 | |
| Labor | Robert Bingham | 1,621 | 5.1 | 5.1 | |
| Progressive | Reginald Harris | 826 | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
| Progressive | Aaron Morris | 121 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| Progressive | Arthur Upchurch | 47 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Independent | Ernest Carr | 330 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Independent | John Allaburton | 124 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 31,537 | 97.3 | 0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 882 | 2.7 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 32,419 | 68.9 | −1.1 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Nationalist | 20,958 | 66.4 | −4.9 | ||
| Labor | 9,131 | 29.0 | 2.9 | ||
| Progressive | 994 | 3.2 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Ernest Carr | 330 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Independent | John Allaburton | 124 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
See also
editFrom 1856 until 1859 there were three districts covering the area.
- Electoral district of Cumberland Boroughs which covered the towns in the area - Richmond, Windsor, Liverpool and Campbelltown.
- Electoral district of Cumberland (South Riding)
- Electoral district of Cumberland (North Riding)
References
edit- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ "Mr Voltaire Molesworth (1890-1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Major Robert Bruce Walker (1870-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Ernest Shoebridge Carr (1875-1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Robert FitzSimons (1870–1926)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Major James Barclay Shand (1870–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1925 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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