Electoral district of Cumberland (New South Wales)

This article is about the 1920s district. For the 19th-century districts, see Electoral district of Cumberland Boroughs, Electoral district of Cumberland (North Riding), and Electoral district of Cumberland (South Riding).

Cumberland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in outer western Sydney named after Cumberland County. It was created as a three-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Camden and Hawkesbury. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Hawkesbury, Nepean, and parts of Bankstown, Lakemba and Hornsby.[1][2][3]

Members for Cumberland

Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term

  		Voltaire Molesworth [4] Labor 1920–1925   Bruce Walker [5] Nationalist 1920–1927   Ernest Carr [6] Nationalist 1920–1922

  		William FitzSimons [7] Nationalist 1922–1926

  		James McGirr [8] Labor 1925–1927
  James Shand [9] Nationalist 1926–1927

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (New South Wales)
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Cumberland.[edit]
1925 New South Wales state election: Cumberland [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,885
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1) 8,959 28.4 +2.6
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2) 7,989 25.3 +2.3
Nationalist James Shand 4,010 12.7 +12.7
Labor James McGirr (elected 3) 7,102 22.5 −3.1
Labor Robert Bingham 1,621 5.1 +5.1
Progressive Reginald Harris 826 2.6 +2.6
Progressive Aaron Morris 121 0.4 +0.4
Progressive Arthur Upchurch 47 0.2 +0.2
Independent Ernest Carr 330 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Allaburton 124 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 31,537 97.3 +0.3
Informal votes 882 2.7 −0.3
Turnout 32,419 68.9 −1.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,958 66.4 −4.9
Labor 9,131 29.0 +2.9
Progressive 994 3.2 +0.6
Independent Ernest Carr 330 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Allaburton 124 0.4 +0.4

See also

From 1856 until 1859 there were three districts covering the area.

References

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr Voltaire Molesworth (1890-1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Major Robert Bruce Walker (1870-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Ernest Shoebridge Carr (1875-1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr William Robert FitzSimons (1870–1926)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Major James Barclay Shand (1870–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1925 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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