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Electoral district of Durham 
Summary
Durham was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Durham County, which lies on the north side of the Hunter River. From 1856 to 1859, it elected three members simultaneously by voters casting three votes with the three leading candidates being elected. It was abolished in 1859 with the county being split between the districts of Hunter, Lower Hunter, Upper Hunter, Morpeth, Paterson, Patrick's Plains and Williams.[1]
It was recreated in 1880, replacing parts of Paterson and Williams, as a single-member electorate. It was abolished in 1920.[2][3][4]
Members for Durham edit
| Three members (1856–1859) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Richard Jones [5] | None | 1856–1859 | William Arnold [6] | None | 1856–1859 | Samuel Gordon [7] | None | 1856–1859 | |||
| Single-member (1880–1920) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Herbert Brown [8] | None | 1880–1887 | |||||||||
| Free Trade | 1887–1894 | ||||||||||
| Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895 | ||||||||||
| Protectionist | 1895–1898 | ||||||||||
| Walter Bennett [9] | Ind. Protectionist | 1898–1901 | |||||||||
| Progressive | 1901–1907 | ||||||||||
| William Brown [10] | Independent Liberal | 1907–1910 | |||||||||
| Liberal Reform | 1910–1917 | ||||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||||||||||
| Walter Bennett [9] | Independent | 1917–1920 | |||||||||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | William Brown | 2,767 | 45.0 | -5.4 | |
| Independent | Walter Bennett | 1,872 | 30.5 | -11.8 | |
| Labor | Walter O'Hearn | 1,029 | 16.8 | +9.5 | |
| Independent | Daniel Ferry | 475 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 6,143 | 98.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 78 | 1.3 | -0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,221 | 65.9 | -8.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Walter Bennett | 3,021 | 50.1 | ||
| Nationalist | William Brown | 3,005 | 49.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 6,026 | 99.4 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 39 | 0.6 | -0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 6,065 | 64.3 | -1.6 | ||
| Independent gain from Nationalist | |||||
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "The Electoral Act of 1858". Act No. 23a of 1858 (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Durham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Mr Richard Jones [2] (1816–1892)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Munnings Arnold". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Samuel Deane Gordon (1811–1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Herbert Harrington Brown (1839-1929)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Walter Bennett (1864–1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Brown (1867–1954)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Durham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.