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]
Single-member (1859–1880) | |||||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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]
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 |
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 |