The Darling was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1904 to 1913, named after the Darling River. It was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90,[1] and consisted of Bourke and parts of The Barwon and Wilcannia. It was abolished in 1913 with most of the district going to Cobar and the balance to Sturt.[2][3][4]

Members for The Darling

Member Party Term
  John Meehan Labour 1904–1913

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of The Darling
1910 New South Wales state election: The Darling [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Meehan 1,866 78.4
Liberal Reform William Shepherd 515 21.6
Total formal votes 2,381 97.3
Informal votes 66 2.70
Turnout 2,447 48.4
Labour hold  

References

  1. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr John Charles Meehan (1864–1930)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 The Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.


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