Hamilton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1927 with the abolition of proportional representation from part of the 5 member district of Newcastle and named after the Newcastle suburb of Hamilton. It was abolished in 1971 and replaced by Charlestown. [1] [2] [3]
Member | Party | Term | |
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David Murray [4] | Labor | 1927–1928 | |
James Smith [5] | Labor | 1928–1930 | |
Hugh Connell [6] | Labor | 1930–1934 | |
William Brennan [7] | Labor | 1934–1935 | |
Joshua Arthur [8] | Labor | 1935–1950 | |
George Campbell [9] | Labor | 1950–1959 | |
Robert McCartney [10] | Labor | 1959–1971 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Robert McCartney | 12,458 | 60.1 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | James Reeves | 8,286 | 39.9 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 20,744 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 434 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,178 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.2 |
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