Newcastle West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Newcastle West, Newcastle East, Kahibah, Waratah and Wickham.[2][3] It was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[4] Parts of Newcastle West were absorbed into the districts of Wickham, Newcastle and Kahibah.[5][6][7]

Members for Newcastle West

Member Party Term
  James Ellis Free Trade 1894–1895
  James Thomson Labor 1895–1901
  Owen Gilbert Liberal Reform 1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Newcastle West
1901 New South Wales state election: Newcastle West [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert 802 57.9
Progressive Emmanuel Flynn 316 22.8 -23.6
Labor Thomas Green 267 19.3 -34.3
Total formal votes 1,385 99.4 -0.5
Informal votes 9 0.7 +0.5
Turnout 1,394 70.8 +7.5
Liberal Reform gain from Labor  
The sitting member was James Thomson (Labour) who did not contest the election.

References

  1. ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.


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