Electoral district of Central Cumberland

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Central Cumberland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1894, in Cumberland County, which includes Sydney, although the then built-up areas were in other electorates. It elected two members simultaneously from 1859 to 1885, three members from 1885 to 1889 and four members from 1889 to 1894, with voters casting a vote for each vacancy. In 1894, multi-member electorates were abolished and replaced by single-member electorates.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Central Cumberland

Two members (1859–1885)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Laycock	None	1859–1864		James Atkinson	None	1859–1863
	John Laycock	None	1859–1864		Allan Macpherson	None	1863–1868
	John Hay	None	1864–1867
	John Lackey	None	1867–1885
					Samuel Lyons	None	1868–1869
					Edward Flood	None	1869–1872
					John Hurley	None	1872–1874
					Joseph Wearne	None	1875–1875
					William Long	None	1875–1877
					Andrew McCulloch	None	1877–1885
					Andrew McCulloch	None	1877–1885
	Varney Parkes	None	1885
Three members (1885–1889)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Varney Parkes	None	1885–1887		Andrew McCulloch	None	1885–1887		Nathaniel Bull	None	1885–1887
	Varney Parkes	Free Trade	1887–1888		Andrew McCulloch	Free Trade	1887–1888		Frank Farnell	Free Trade	1887–1889
	John Nobbs	Free Trade	1888–1889		David Buchanan	Protectionist	1888–1889		Frank Farnell	Free Trade	1887–1889
Four members (1889–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Nobbs	Free Trade	1889–1893		Frank Farnell	Free Trade	1889–1894		Robert Ritchie	Free Trade	1889–1891		John Linsley	Free Trade	1889–1889
									Robert Ritchie	Free Trade	1889–1891		David Dale	Free Trade	1889–1894
									Jacob Garrard	Free Trade	1891–1894
	George McCredie	Free Trade	1893–1894						Jacob Garrard	Free Trade	1891–1894

Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Wednesday 17 June ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Frank Farnell (Re-elected 1)	2,850	15.8
	Free Trade	Robert Ritchie (Re-elected 2)	2,491	13.8
	Free Trade	John Nobbs (Re-elected 3)	2,435	13.5
	Free Trade	David Dale (Re-elected 4)	1,978	11.0
	Labour	John Gannon	1,614	9.0
	Protectionist	Cyrus Fuller	1,449	8.0
	Labour	John Marshall	1,389	7.7
	Protectionist	Walter Airey	1,092	6.1
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Taylor	1,016	5.6
	Ind. Free Trade	John Forsyth	964	5.4
	Ind. Free Trade	John Ferguson	740	4.1
Total formal votes			18,018	99.1
Informal votes			163	0.9
Turnout			5,744	57.9
	Free Trade hold 4

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References

↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Central Cumberland 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "1891 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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[1] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[Elections_Central_Cumberland_1859-1894-3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Central Cumberland 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Central_Cumberland-4] Green, Antony. "1891 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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Electoral district of Central Cumberland

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Members for Central Cumberland

Election results

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