Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (New South Wales)

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Cumberland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1920 and abolished in 1927. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1920   Voltaire Molesworth Labor   Bruce Walker Nationalist   Ernest Carr Nationalist
1922   William FitzSimons Nationalist
  James McGirr Labor  
1925
1926 appointment   James Shand Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1926 appointment

William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926. [4] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act, [5] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. James Shand was the only unsuccessful Nationalist candidate at the 1925 election and took his seat on 22 September 1926. [6]

1925

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Cumberland.[ edit ]
1925 New South Wales state election: Cumberland   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,885
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1)8,95928.4+2.6
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2)7,98925.3+2.3
Nationalist James Shand 4,01012.7+12.7
Labor James McGirr (elected 3)7,10222.5-3.1
Labor Robert Bingham1,6215.1+5.1
Progressive Reginald Harris8262.6+2.6
Progressive Aaron Morris1210.4+0.4
Progressive Arthur Upchurch470.2+0.2
Independent Ernest Carr3301.1+1.1
Independent John Allaburton1240.4+0.4
Total formal votes31,53797.3+0.3
Informal votes8822.7-0.3
Turnout 32,41968.9-1.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,95866.4-4.9
Labor 9,13129.0+2.9
Progressive 9943.2+0.6
Independent Ernest Carr3301.1+1.1
Independent John Allaburton1240.4+0.4

1922

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Cumberland.[ edit ]
1922 New South Wales state election: Cumberland   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1)7,49825.8+25.8
Nationalist Bruce Walker (elected 3)6,70123.0+0.8
Nationalist Ernest Carr (defeated)6,55522.5+9.0
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 2)7,43425.6+2.4
Labor Charles York1450.5+0.5
Progressive Edwin Crowther3261.1+1.1
Progressive Albert Smith2931.0+1.0
Progressive Reuben Jenner1380.5+0.5
Total formal votes29,09097.0+4.6
Informal votes8833.0-4.6
Turnout 29,97370.0+15.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,75471.3+22.8
Labor 7,57926.1-4.4
Progressive 7572.6-10.6

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Cumberland.[ edit ]
1920 New South Wales state election: Cumberland   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,655
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2)4,14222.2
Nationalist Ernest Carr (elected 3)2,52013.5
Nationalist William FitzSimons 2,36412.7
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 1)4,31523.2
Labor Albert Jones1,0965.9
Labor Francis Lagerlow2591.4
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Hely4422.4
Soldiers & Citizens William Armstrong3341.8
Independent William Crittenden6813.7
Total formal votes18,61792.4
Informal votes1,5397.6
Turnout 20,15654.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 9,02648.5
Labor 5,67030.5
Progressive 2,46413.2
Soldiers & Citizens 7764.2
Independent William Crittenden6813.7

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr William Robert FitzSimons (1870–1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act 1920 (NSW).
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1926 Cumberland appointment". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1925 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1922 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1920 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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