Electoral district of Petersham
Petersham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Petersham. 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, it was absorbed into the five member district of Western Suburbs, along with Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt and Marrickville. It was recreated in 1930, partly replacing Enmore but was abolished in 1941, with parts of the district going to Dulwich Hill and Marrickville.[2][3][4]
Members for Petersham
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Llewellyn Jones | Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
Free Trade | 1895–1898 | ||
John Cohen | Protectionist | 1898–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1917 | ||
Nationalist | 1917–1919 | ||
Sydney Shillington | Nationalist | 1919–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1930–1941) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Joe Lamaro | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
Eric Solomon | United Australia | 1932–1941 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,033 | 50.5 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Bill Sheahan | 8,861 | 49.5 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,894 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 307 | 1.7 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 18,201 | 97.1 | +1.2 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.3 |
References
- "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1938 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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