Central Cumberland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894. [1] [2] [3]
Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||
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1859 | John Laycock | None | James Atkinson | None | |||
1860 | |||||||
1863 by | Allan Macpherson | None | |||||
1864 | John Hay | None | |||||
1867 by | John Lackey | None | |||||
1868 by | Samuel Lyons | None | |||||
1869 | Edward Flood | None | |||||
1872 | John Hurley | None | |||||
1875 | Joseph Wearne | None | |||||
1875 by | William Long | None | |||||
1877 by | |||||||
1877 | Andrew McCulloch | None | |||||
1880 | |||||||
1885 by | Varney Parkes | None | Member | Party | |||
1885 | Nathaniel Bull | None | |||||
1887 | Free Trade | Free Trade | Frank Farnell | Free Trade | |||
1887 by | |||||||
March 1888 by | John Nobbs | Free Trade | |||||
May 1888 by | David Buchanan | Protectionist | Member | Party | |||
1889 | Robert Ritchie | Free Trade | John Linsley | Free Trade | |||
June 1889 by | David Dale | Free Trade | |||||
September 1889 by | |||||||
1891 | |||||||
1891 by | Jacob Garrard | Free Trade | |||||
1893 by | George McCredie | Free Trade |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | George McCredie (elected) | 2,417 | 66.2 | ||
Free Trade | John Nobbs (defeated) | 1,292 | 34.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,709 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 40 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,749 | 37.8 [lower-alpha 1] | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Jacob Garrard (elected) | 1,674 | 39.3 | ||
Labour | John Marshall | 904 | 21.2 | ||
Protectionist | John Gannon | 679 | 16.0 | ||
Protectionist | Cyrus Fuller | 403 | 9.5 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Taylor | 324 | 7.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Brodie | 272 | 6.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,256 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 109 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,365 | 44.0 | |||
Free Trade hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Frank Farnell (elected) | unopposed | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | David Dale (elected) | 1,985 | 48.0 | ||
Protectionist | Alban Gee | 1,657 | 40.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Brodie | 468 | 11.3 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Taylor | 27 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,137 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 97 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,234 | 43.2 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Frank Farnell (elected 1) | 3,339 | 17.1 | ||
Free Trade | John Nobbs (elected 2) | 3,222 | 16.5 | ||
Free Trade | Robert Ritchie (elected 3) | 3,143 | 16.1 | ||
Free Trade | John Linsley (elected 4) | 3,040 | 15.5 | ||
Protectionist | Alban Gee | 1,806 | 9.2 | ||
Protectionist | Nathaniel Bull | 1,797 | 9.2 | ||
Protectionist | Warden Graves | 1,622 | 8.3 | ||
Protectionist | John Thorpe | 1,595 | 8.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,564 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 84 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,059 | 52.2 | |||
Free Trade hold 3 and win 1 | (1 new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | David Buchanan (elected) | 1,222 | 48.5 | ||
Free Trade | George Simpson | 954 | 37.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Taylor | 345 | 13.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,521 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 76 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,597 | 28.8 | |||
Protectionist gain from Free Trade |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Nobbs (elected) | 1,923 | 57.0 | ||
Protectionist | John Watkin | 1,453 | 43.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,376 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 68 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,444 | 38.3 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Andrew McCulloch (elected) | 1,667 | 55.8 | ||
Protectionist | Nathaniel Bull | 1,322 | 44.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,989 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 87 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,076 | 34.2 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Varney Parkes (re-elected 1) | 2,404 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 2) | 2,119 | 22.7 | ||
Free Trade | Frank Farnell (elected 3) | 1,861 | 19.9 | ||
Free Trade | John Nobbs | 1,775 | 19.0 | ||
Protectionist | Nathaniel Bull (defeated) | 1,173 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,332 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 67 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,040 | 51.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 1) | 1,953 | 21.3 | |
Nathaniel Bull (elected 2) | 1,879 | 20.5 | |
Varney Parkes (re-elected 3) | 1,858 | 20.3 | |
Cyrus Fuller | 1,503 | 16.4 | |
Charles Scrivener | 973 | 10.6 | |
Frank Farnell | 808 | 8.8 | |
Henry Statham | 180 | 2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,154 | 98.6 | |
Informal votes | 128 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 3,976 | 66.2 | |
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Varney Parkes (elected) | 1,266 | 51.3 | |
Nathaniel Bull | 1,203 | 48.7 | |
Total formal votes | 2,469 | 97.2 | |
Informal votes | 70 | 2.8 | |
Turnout | 2,539 | 42.2 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 1) | 1,419 | 39.0 | |
John Lackey (re-elected 2) | 1,258 | 34.6 | |
Nathaniel Bull | 964 | 26.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,641 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 39 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 2,404 | 62.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (re-elected 1) | 1,470 | 41.0 | |
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 2) | 1,350 | 37.6 | |
Thomas Wearne | 770 | 21.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,590 | 99.0 | |
Informal votes | 36 | 1.0 | |
Turnout | 2,216 | 62.9 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
Andrew McCulloch (elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (elected 1) | 874 | 54.8 | |
William Long (elected 2) | 722 | 45.2 | |
Robert Graham | 134 | 10.8 | |
Jeremiah O'Connell | 52 | 4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,236 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 10 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,246 | 27.4 [lower-alpha 2] |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Long (elected) | 874 | 54.8 | |
Andrew McCulloch | 722 | 45.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,596 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,596 | 70.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (re-elected 1) | 692 | 28.9 | |
Joseph Wearne (elected 2) | 624 | 26.0 | |
Joseph O'Connor | 391 | 16.3 | |
Andrew McCulloch | 328 | 13.7 | |
Charles Jeanneret | 256 | 10.7 | |
Nicholas Raven | 99 | 4.1 | |
Maurice Reynolds | 8 | 0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,398 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,398 | 55.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (re-elected 1) | 762 | 42.2 | |
John Hurley (elected 2) | 573 | 31.7 | |
Henry Zions | 431 | 23.8 | |
Frederick Birmingham | 34 | 1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 1,808 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,808 | 39.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (re-elected 1) | 713 | 29.4 | |
Edward Flood (elected 2) | 629 | 25.9 | |
William Campbell | 616 | 25.4 | |
James Jones | 467 | 19.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,425 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,900 | 78.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Samuel Lyons (elected) | 495 | 52.9 | |
James Jones | 440 | 47.1 | |
Total formal votes | 935 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 935 | 43.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lackey (elected) | 314 | 53.3 | |
Robert Graham | 53 | 46.7 | |
Total formal votes | 367 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 367 | 18.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Hay (re-elected 1) | 584 | 33.6 | |
Allan Macpherson (re-elected 2) | 549 | 31.6 | |
John Laycock (defeated) | 401 | 23.1 | |
George Oakes | 184 | 10.6 | |
James Atkinson | 19 | 1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,737 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,737 | 38.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Allan Macpherson (elected) | 586 | 53.3 | |
James Atkinson (defeated) | 514 | 46.7 | |
Total formal votes | 1,100 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,100 | 50.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Laycock (re-elected 1) | 346 | 25.2 | |
James Atkinson (re-elected 2) | 335 | 24.4 | |
David Bell | 294 | 21.4 | |
James Farnell | 215 | 15.7 | |
Allan Macpherson | 184 | 13.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,374 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,374 | 36.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Atkinson (elected 1) | 389 | 35.1 | |
John Laycock (elected 2) | 358 | 32.3 | |
John Lackey | 343 | 30.9 | |
John Beit | 20 | 1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,110 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,110 | 32.8 |
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