Electoral district of Eastern Suburbs (New South Wales)

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Eastern Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Bondi, Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra and named after and situated in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Bondi, Coogee, Randwick, Vaucluse, Waverley and Woollahra. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Eastern Suburbs

MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  James Macarthur-Onslow   [4] Progressive 1920–1922  Charles Oakes   [5] Nationalist 1920–1925  Harold Jaques   [6] Nationalist 1920–1927  James Fingleton   [7] Labor 1920–1920  Bob O'Halloran   [8] Labor 1920–1927
  Daniel Dwyer   [9] Labor 1920–1922
  Hyman Goldstein   [10] Nationalist 1922–1925  Cyril Fallon   [11] Democratic 1922–1925
  William Foster   [12] Nationalist 1925–1927  Millicent Preston-Stanley   [13] Nationalist 1925–1927  Septimus Alldis   [14] Labor 1925–1927

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Eastern Suburbs.[ edit ]
1925 New South Wales state election: Eastern Suburbs  [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 9,010
Nationalist Millicent Preston-Stanley (elected 5)7,95814.7+6.9
Nationalist William Foster (elected 4)7,33113.6+8.5
Nationalist Harold Jaques (elected 3)7,32413.6+2.2
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein 6,91312.8+2.8
Nationalist Joseph Robinson5471.0+1.0
Nationalist George Overhill5431.0+1.0
Labor Bob O'Halloran (elected 1)8,49915.7+4.1
Labor Septimus Alldis (elected 2)4,1217.6+7.6
Labor William Crick1,1322.1+2.1
Labor Gertrude Melville 1,0572.0+2.0
Labor Gordon Anderson9381.7+1.7
Independent Cyril Fallon (defeated)5,99611.1+0.2
Protestant Labor James Gillespie1,4892.8+2.8
Independent David Anderson1280.2+0.2
Independent Frederick Marks820.2+0.2
Total formal votes54,05896.7-0.3
Informal votes1,8453.3+0.3
Turnout 55,90365.4-3.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,61656.6+2.2
Labor 15,74729.1+10.4
Independent Cyril Fallon 5,99611.1+0.2
Protestant Labor 1,4892.8+2.8
Independent David Anderson1280.2+0.2
Independent Frederick Marks820.2+0.2

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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 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eastern Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Major General James William Macarthur-Onslow (1867–1946)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Hon. Charles William Oakes (1861–1928)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mr Harold Vivian Jaques (1882–1952)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Mr James Fingleton (1876-1920)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Mr Robert Emmet O'Halloran (1888–1974)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mr Daniel Francis Dwyer (1871–1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mr Hyman Goldstein (1876-1928)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Dr Cyril Joseph Fallon (1887–1948)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mr William Frederick Foster (1865–1936)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Miss Millicent Preston-Stanley (1883–1955)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mr Septimus Denbigh Alldis (1886–1929)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1925 Eastern Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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