Belmore was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904 in inner Sydney from Sydney-Belmore and parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-Cook and Sydney-Phillip.[1] It was named after Governor Belmore. It was originally in northern Surry Hills bounded by George Street and the Darling Harbour railway line in the west, Cleveland Street in the south, Liverpool Street, Oxford Street in the north and Riley Street, Wilton Street and Waterloo streets in the east.[2] In 1913 it absorbed part of the abolished seat of Pyrmont. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney.[3][4][5]

Members for Belmore

Member Party Term
  Edward O'Sullivan Progressive 1904–1909
  Labour 1909–1910
  Patrick Minahan Labor 1910–1917
  Michael Burke Labor 1917–1920

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Belmore
1917 New South Wales state election: Belmore [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Burke 3,224 66.9 +16.0
Independent Labor Thomas Barlow 1,596 33.1 +33.1
Total formal votes 4,820 98.5 +1.9
Informal votes 71 1.5 -1.9
Turnout 4,891 48.1 -11.7
Labor hold Swing +16.0
The sitting Labor member for Belmore, Patrick Minahan, lost preselection and unsuccessfully contested Cootamundra against Labor turned Nationalist Premier William Holman.

References

  1. ^ Clune, David (2007). Antony Green; Michael Hogan (eds.). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-9752354-2-3.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1902 and Electorates Redistribution Act 1904". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2366. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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