Newcastle West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Newcastle West, Newcastle East, Kahibah, Waratah and Wickham.[2][3] It was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[4] Parts of Newcastle West were absorbed into the districts of Wickham, Newcastle and Kahibah.[5][6][7]

Members for Newcastle West

MemberPartyTerm
  James Ellis Free Trade 1894–1895
  James Thomson Labor 1895–1901
  Owen Gilbert Liberal Reform 1901–1904

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Newcastle West.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Newcastle West [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert 802 57.9
Progressive Emmanuel Flynn 316 22.8 -23.6
Labor Thomas Green 267 19.3 -34.3
Total formal votes 1,385 99.4 -0.5
Informal votes 9 0.7 +0.5
Turnout 1,394 70.8 +7.5
Liberal Reform gain from Labor  
The sitting member was James Thomson (Labour) who did not contest the election.

References

  1. ↑ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ↑ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.


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