Electoral district of Cumberland (New South Wales)

Cumberland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in outer western Sydney named after Cumberland County. It was created as a three-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Camden and Hawkesbury. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Hawkesbury, Nepean, and parts of Bankstown, Lakemba and Hornsby.[1]

This article is about the 1920s district. For the 19th-century districts, see Electoral district of Cumberland (North Riding) and Electoral district of Cumberland (South Riding).

Members for Cumberland
Three members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Voltaire Molesworth [2] Labor 1920–1925   Bruce Walker [3] Nationalist 1920–1927   Ernest Carr [4] Nationalist 1920–1922
    William FitzSimons [5] Nationalist 1922–1926
  James McGirr [6] Labor 1925–1927  
  James Shand [7] Nationalist 1926–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1926 appointment

William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926.[5] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,[8] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. James Shand was the only unsuccessful Nationalist candidate at the 1925 election and took his seat on 22 September 1926.[9]

1925
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Cumberland[edit]
1925 New South Wales state election: Cumberland [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,885
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1) 8,959 28.4 +2.6
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2) 7,989 25.3 +2.3
Nationalist James Shand 4,010 12.7 +12.7
Labor James McGirr (elected 3) 7,102 22.5 -3.1
Labor Robert Bingham 1,621 5.1 +5.1
Progressive Reginald Harris 826 2.6 +2.6
Progressive Aaron Morris 121 0.4 +0.4
Progressive Arthur Upchurch 47 0.2 +0.2
Independent Ernest Carr 330 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Allaburton 124 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 31,537 97.3 +0.3
Informal votes 882 2.7 -0.3
Turnout 32,419 68.9 -1.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,958 66.4 -4.9
Labor 9,131 29.0 +2.9
Progressive 994 3.2 +0.6
Independent Ernest Carr 330 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Allaburton 124 0.4 +0.4

1922
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Cumberland[edit]
1922 New South Wales state election: Cumberland [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1) 7,498 25.8 +25.8
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 3) 6,701 23.0 +0.8
Nationalist Ernest Carr 6,555 22.5 +9.0
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 2) 7,434 25.6 +2.4
Labor Charles York 145 0.5 +0.5
Progressive Edwin Crowther 326 1.1 +1.1
Progressive Albert Smith 293 1.0 +1.0
Progressive Reuben Jenner 138 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 29,090 97.0 +4.6
Informal votes 883 3.0 -4.6
Turnout 29,973 70.0 +15.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,754 71.3 +22.8
Labor 7,579 26.1 -4.4
Progressive 757 2.6 -10.6

1920
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Cumberland[edit]
1920 New South Wales state election: Cumberland [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,655
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2) 4,142 22.2
Nationalist Ernest Carr (elected 3) 2,520 13.5
Nationalist William FitzSimons 2,364 12.7
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 1) 4,315 23.2
Labor Albert Jones 1,096 5.9
Labor Francis Lagerlow 259 1.4
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Hely 442 2.4
Soldiers & Citizens William Armstrong 334 1.8
Independent William Crittenden 681 3.7
Total formal votes 18,617 92.4
Informal votes 1,539 7.6
Turnout 20,156 54.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 9,026 48.5
Labor 5,670 30.5
Progressive 2,464 13.2
Soldiers & Citizens 776 4.2
Independent William Crittenden 681 3.7

See also

References
  1. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 29 September 2004. Retrieved 27 April 2007.
  2. "Mr Voltaire Molesworth (1890-1934)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. "Major Robert Bruce Walker (1870-1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. "Mr Ernest Shoebridge Carr (1875-1956)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Mr William Robert FitzSimons (1870–1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. "Major James Barclay Shand (1870–1944)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act 1920 (NSW).
  9. Green, Antony. "1926 Cumberland appointment". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  10. Green, Antony. "1925 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. Green, Antony. "1922 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. Green, Antony. "1920 Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2019.


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