Electoral district of St George

St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the St George district. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation,[2] St George was expanded to a five-member district, absorbing the electoral districts of Canterbury and Hurstville. Proportional representation was abolished in 1927,[3] and St George was divided into the single member electorates of St George, Canterbury, Hurstville, Oatley and Rockdale. St George was abolished in 1930, being partly replaced by Arncliffe.[4][5][6]

Members for St George

Single-member (1894–1920)
Member Party Term
  Joseph Carruthers [7] Free Trade 1894–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1908
  William Taylor [8] Liberal Reform 1908–1913
  William Bagnall [9] Labor 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Five members (1920–1927)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term

  		William Bagnall [9] Nationalist 1920–1925   George Cann [10] Labor 1920–1927   Mark Gosling [11] Labor 1920–1927   Thomas Ley [12] Progressive 1920–1922   Guy Arkins [13] Nationalist 1920–1927
  Nationalist 1922–1925

  		Joseph Cahill [14] Labor 1925–1927
  William Bagnall [9] Nationalist 1925–1927
Single-member (1927–1930)
Member Party Term
  Joseph Cahill [14] Labor 1927–1930

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of St George
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: St George [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Cahill 8,137 55.9
Nationalist James Morrish 6,430 44.1
Total formal votes 14,567 99.1
Informal votes 138 0.9
Turnout 14,705 86.9
Labor win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "1919 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ "1926 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the district of St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (1857-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr William Taylor (1862–1922)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Mr William Roy Clifford Bagnall (1882–1950)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  10. ^ "The Hon. George Cann (1871–1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Mr Mark Gosling (1886-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  12. ^ "The Hon. Thomas John Ley (1880–1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Mr James Guy Dalley Arkins (1888–1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891-1959)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1927 St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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