Electoral district of Middle Harbour

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Middle Harbour was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Middle Harbour, Sydney and was originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. [1] It consisted of part of the abolished seat of Warringah with the balance of Warringah going to St Leonards. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into North Shore. [2] It was recreated in 1988, replacing Willoughby, and abolished in 1991, being replaced by Willoughby. [3] [4] [5]

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Members for Middle Harbour

First incarnation (1904–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Richard Arthur Liberal Reform 1904–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1988–1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  Peter Collins Liberal 1988–1991

Election results

1988 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Collins 20,14771.2+5.2
Labor Marilyn Dodkin8,16128.8-1.1
Total formal votes28,30896.4−1.4
Informal votes1,0613.6+1.4
Turnout 29,36993.4
Liberal notional  hold Swing +3.2

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References

  1. "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. "Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "The Hon. Peter Edward James Collins (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  5. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  6. Green, Antony. "1988 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.