Northumberland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1913. [1] [2] [3]
Election | Member | Party | |||||
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1859 | Alexander Scott | None | |||||
1860 | Thomas Lewis | None | |||||
1862 by | Atkinson Tighe | None | |||||
1864 | |||||||
1868 by | |||||||
1869 | William Brookes | None | |||||
1872 | James Hannell | None | |||||
1874 | Charles Stevens | None | |||||
1877 by | William Turner | None | |||||
1877 | Thomas Hungerford | None | |||||
1880 by | Ninian Melville | None | Member | Party | |||
1880 | William Turner | None | |||||
1882 by | Thomas Hungerford | None | |||||
1882 | Atkinson Tighe | None | |||||
1884 | Richard Luscombe | None | |||||
1885 | Joseph Creer | None | Member | Party | |||
1887 | Protectionist | Ind. Protectionist | Thomas Walker | Protectionist | |||
1889 | Protectionist | ||||||
1891 | Alfred Edden | Labour | |||||
1894 | Richard Stevenson | Protectionist | |||||
1895 | Henry Wheeler | Free Trade | |||||
1898 | Richard Stevenson | Protectionist | |||||
1899 by | John Norton | Independent | |||||
1901 | |||||||
1904 | Matthew Charlton | Labour | |||||
1907 | |||||||
1910 by | William Kearsley | Labour | |||||
1910 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Kearsley | 7,389 | 79.1 | ||
Independent Liberal | Reginald Harris | 1,957 | 20.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,346 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 228 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,574 | 56.9 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Kearsley | Unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Charlton | 3,749 | 69.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Sutton | 1,668 | 30.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,417 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 197 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,614 | 45.8 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Charlton | 2,009 | 54.9 | ||
Independent Liberal | Reginald Harris | 1,005 | 27.5 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Fitzpatrick | 543 | 14.9 | ||
Independent | Alfred Jacques | 60 | 1.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,657 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 67 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,724 | 46.2 | |||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Norton | unopposed | |||
Independent gain from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Norton (elected) | 838 | 52.6 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Wheeler | 655 | 41.1 | -6.1 | |
Independent | William Snape | 52 | 3.3 | ||
Independent | Charles Duffy | 33 | 2.1 | ||
Independent | George Blac | 11 | 0.7 | ||
Independent | William Melville | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | William Schey | 2 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,594 | 98.5 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 24 | 1.5 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,618 | 66.3 | −0.6 | ||
Independent gain from Protectionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Richard Stevenson | 823 | 52.8 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Wheeler | 735 | 47.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,558 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,570 | 66.9 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Henry Wheeler | 719 | 52.8 | ||
Protectionist | Richard Stevenson | 643 | 47.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,362 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,370 | 72.5 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Richard Stevenson | 670 | 45.2 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Wheeler | 623 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | James Donnelly | 191 | 12.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,484 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,493 | 78.5 | |||
Protectionist win | (previously 3 members) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Walker (re-elected 1) | 3,686 | 26.2 | ||
Protectionist | Ninian Melville (re-elected 2) | 2,892 | 20.5 | ||
Labour | Alfred Edden (elected 3) | 2,879 | 20.4 | ||
Labour | James Thompson | 2,551 | 18.1 | ||
Protectionist | Joseph Creer (defeated) | 2,089 | 14.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,097 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 52 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,396 | 72.5 | |||
Protectionist hold 2 | |||||
Labour gain 1 from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Joseph Creer (elected 1) | 3,433 | 31.5 | ||
Protectionist | Ninian Melville (elected 2) | 3,403 | 31.3 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Walker (elected 3) | 3,257 | 29.9 | ||
Free Trade | Josiah Wright | 791 | 7.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,884 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,245 | 64.7 | |||
Protectionist hold 2 | |||||
Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) | 2,399 | 23.2 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Walker (elected 2) | 2,323 | 22.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Joseph Creer (re-elected 3) | 2,069 | 20.0 | ||
Protectionist | John Osborne | 1,952 | 18.9 | ||
Free Trade | Nicholas Downing | 1,010 | 9.8 | ||
Protectionist | Andrew Love | 578 | 5.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,331 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 71 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,117 | 75.1 | |||
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Creer (elected 1) | 1,662 | 27.1 | |
Ninian Melville (re-elected 2) | 1,539 | 25.1 | |
Thomas Walker | 1,287 | 21.0 | |
Joseph Gorrick (defeated) | 871 | 14.2 | |
George Perry | 598 | 9.8 | |
Richard Luscombe (defeated) | 176 | 2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,133 | 98.8 | |
Informal votes | 73 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 6,206 | 63.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Luscombe (elected) | 962 | 38.7 | |
William Christie | 484 | 19.5 | |
Thomas Hungerford | 403 | 16.2 | |
Total formal votes | 2,487 | 97.3 | |
Informal votes | 69 | 2.7 | |
Turnout | 2,556 | 68.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) | 1,897 | 43.0 | |
Atkinson Tighe (elected 2) | 1,312 | 29.8 | |
William Christie | 1,200 | 27.2 | |
Total formal votes | 4,409 | 99.5 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 2,530 | 71.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Hungerford (elected) | 1,339 | 53.7 | |
William Grisdale | 1,155 | 46.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,494 | 98.4 | |
Informal votes | 40 | 1.6 | |
Turnout | 2,534 | 71.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) | 1,978 | 37.5 | |
William Turner (elected 2) | 1,616 | 30.6 | |
Thomas Hungerford | 1,191 | 22.6 | |
Thomas Dalveen | 491 | 9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 5,276 | 99.6 | |
Informal votes | 20 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 2,906 | 77.2 | |
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Ninian Melville (elected) | 1,240 | 42.0 | |
Joseph Creer | 931 | 31.6 | |
Sir William Gordon | 749 | 25.4 | |
George Maclean | 30 | 1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,950 | 96.3 | |
Informal votes | 112 | 3.7 | |
Turnout | 3,062 | 60.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Hungerford (elected) | 1,580 | 50.7 | |
William Turner (defeated) | 1,534 | 49.3 | |
Total formal votes | 3,114 | 97.7 | |
Informal votes | 75 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | 3,189 | 72.7 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Turner (elected) | 1,558 | 63.9 | |
Thomas Hungerford | 481 | 19.7 | |
Total formal votes | 2,439 | 98.1 | |
Informal votes | 48 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 2,487 | 80.4 [lower-alpha 1] |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Stevens (elected) | 1,305 | 54.7 | |
James Hannell (defeated) | 1,083 | 45.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,388 | 97.6 | |
Informal votes | 59 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | 2,447 | 79.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Hannell (elected) | 991 | 57.1 | |
William Brookes (defeated) | 387 | 22.3 | |
Francis O'Brien | 188 | 10.8 | |
Thomas Adam | 90 | 5.2 | |
Henry Langley | 68 | 3.9 | |
James Pemell | 13 | 0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,737 | 98.6 | |
Informal votes | 25 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 1,762 | 65.5 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Brookes (elected) | 760 | 43.7 | |
Joseph Ward | 430 | 24.7 | |
F Shaw | 350 | 20.1 | |
Francis O'Brien | 122 | 7.0 | |
Charles Cleveland | 69 | 4.0 | |
Samuel Gordon | 8 | 0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,739 | 96.9 | |
Informal votes | 55 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 1,794 | 72.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Atkinson Tighe (re-elected) | 783 | 67.3 | |
Alexander Black | 380 | 32.7 | |
Total formal votes | 1,163 | 96.5 | |
Informal votes | 42 | 3.5 | |
Turnout | 1,205 | 57.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Atkinson Tighe (re-elected) | 630 | 62.1 | |
William Brookes | 384 | 37.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,014 | 96.7 | |
Informal votes | 35 | 3.3 | |
Turnout | 1,049 | 57.2 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Atkinson Tighe (elected) | 339 | 50.6 | |
William Brookes | 331 | 49.4 | |
Total formal votes | 670 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 670 | 44.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Lewis (elected) | 240 | 41.1 | |
Alexander Scott (defeated) | 235 | 40.2 | |
Arthur Hodgson | 109 | 18.7 | |
Total formal votes | 584 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 623 | 62.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Scott (re-elected) | unopposed |
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