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

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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Northumberland
1910 New South Wales state election: Northumberland [4]
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

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Northumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Northumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.


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