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]

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Members for Central Cumberland

Two members (1859–1885)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  John Laycock None1859–1864  James Atkinson None1859–1863


 		 Allan Macpherson None1863–1868
  John Hay None1864–1867
  John Lackey None1867–1885
  Samuel Lyons None1868–1869
  Edward Flood None1869–1872
  John Hurley None1872–1874
  Joseph Wearne None1875–1875
  William Long None1875–1877
  Andrew McCulloch None1877–1885
  Varney Parkes None1885
Three members (1885–1889)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Varney Parkes None1885–1887  Andrew McCulloch None1885–1887  Nathaniel Bull None1885–1887
  Free Trade 1887–1888  Free Trade 1887–1888  Frank Farnell Free Trade 1887–1889
  John Nobbs Free Trade 1888–1889  David Buchanan Protectionist 1888–1889
Four members (1889–1894)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  John Nobbs Free Trade 1889–1893  Frank Farnell Free Trade 1889–1894  Robert Ritchie Free Trade 1889–1891  John Linsley Free Trade 1889–1889
  David Dale Free Trade 1889–1894

 		 Jacob Garrard Free Trade 1891–1894
  George McCredie Free Trade 1893–1894

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[ edit ]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Wednesday 17 June  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Frank Farnell (re-elected 1)2,85015.8
Free Trade Robert Ritchie (re-elected 2)2,49113.8
Free Trade John Nobbs (re-elected 3)2,43513.5
Free Trade David Dale (re-elected 4)1,97811.0
Labour John Gannon1,6149.0
Protectionist Cyrus Fuller1,4498.0
Labour John Marshall1,3897.7
Protectionist Walter Airey1,0926.1
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Taylor 1,0165.6
Ind. Free Trade John Forsyth9645.4
Ind. Free Trade John Ferguson7404.1
Total formal votes18,01899.1
Informal votes1630.9
Turnout 5,74457.9
  Free Trade hold 4  

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References

  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.
  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.
  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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