Electoral district of Middle Harbour

Middle Harbour was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Middle Harbour, Sydney and was originally created in the 1904 re-distirbution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of part of the abolished seat of Warringah with the balance of Warringah going to St Leonards. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into North Shore.[2] It was recreated in 1988, replacing Willoughby, and abolished in 1991, being replaced by Willoughby.[3][4][5]

Members for Middle Harbour

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Arthur	Liberal Reform	1904–1917
	Richard Arthur	Nationalist	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1988–1991)
Member		Party	Term
	Peter Collins	Liberal	1988–1991

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Collins	20,147	71.2	+5.2
	Labor	Marilyn Dodkin	8,161	28.8	-1.1
Total formal votes			28,308	96.4	-1.4
Informal votes			1,061	3.6	+1.4
Turnout			29,369	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

District recreated

1920 - 1988

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Richard Arthur	5,106	59.5	-5.1
	Independent	Alfred Reid	1,904	22.2	+22.2
	Independent	Arthur Keirle	1,568	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			8,578	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			107	1.2	-1.0
Turnout			8,685	53.9	-13.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-5.1

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Richard Arthur	5,785	64.6
	Labor	Ellison Quirk	3,068	34.3
	Independent	James Bray	76	0.9
	Independent	Henry Johnson	29	0.3
Total formal votes			8,958	97.8
Informal votes			205	2.2
Turnout			9,163	67.1
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Richard Arthur	7,554	68.71
	Labour	Stephen O'Brien	2,793	25.40
	Independent Liberal	David Middleton	647	5.89
Total formal votes			10,994	98.65
Informal votes			150	1.35
Turnout			11,144	68.17
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Richard Arthur	5,120	57.2
	Independent Liberal	William Fell	3,674	41.0
	Independent	Thomas Loxton	92	1.0
	Independent	John Hayes	70	0.8
Total formal votes			8,956	98.0
Informal votes			183	2.0
Turnout			9,139	75.9
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Richard Arthur	3,137	58.2
	Independent Progressive	Ellison Quirk	2,207	41.0
	Socialist Labor	William Gocher	33	0.6
	Independent	Edgar Vanhee	13	0.2
Total formal votes			5,390	99.3
Informal votes			37	0.7
Turnout			5,427	60.5
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Middle Harbour was a new seat and consisted of part of the abolished seat of Warringah and the balance of Warringah was included in St Leonards. The member for Warringah was Ellison Quirk (Independent).

References

"1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
"Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
"The Hon. Peter Edward James Collins (1947- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
"New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2019" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1988 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1917 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1913 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1910 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
Green, Antony. "1907 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1904 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

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[1] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Richard_Arthur_NSW_parl-2] "Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Peter_Collins_NSW_parl-3] "The Hon. Peter Edward James Collins (1947- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Green_Middle_Harbour-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[5] "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2019" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1988_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1988_Middle_Harbour-6] Green, Antony. "1988 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Middle_Harbour-7] Green, Antony. "1917 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Middle_Harbour-8] Green, Antony. "1913 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Middle_Harbour_1910-9] Green, Antony. "1910 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1907_Middle_Harbour-10] Green, Antony. "1907 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Middle_Harbour-11] Green, Antony. "1904 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

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