Sherbrooke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian colony (and state from 1901) of New South Wales, existing from 1894 until 1913.[1][2][3][4] It included Blacktown and Baulkham Hills. It was named after Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke.
Member | Party | Period | |
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Jacob Garrard | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
Broughton O'Conor | Protectionist | 1898–1901 | |
Independent | 1901–1904 | ||
Liberal Reform | 1904–1907 | ||
John Hunt | Liberal Reform | 1907–1913 |
Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Sherbrooke.[5] Sherbrooke consisted of the north western part of the four member district of Central Cumberland, a south eastern part of the single member district of The Hawkesbury and an eastern part of the single member district of The Nepean.[6][7]
Sherbrooke was expanded to include part of The Hawkesbury and parts of the abolished districts of The Nepean and Ryde and Willoughby as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90.[8] The district was abolished in 1913.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Hunt | 4,407 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | Andrew Thompson | 2,134 | 32.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,541 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 133 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,674 | 74.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |