Electoral district of Newcastle West

Newcastle West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904 when it was abolished 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.[1] Parts of Newcastle West were absorbed into the districts of Wickham, Newcastle and Kahibah.[2][3][4]

Members for Newcastle West

	Party	Term
James Ellis	Free Trade	1894–1895
James Thomson	Labour	1895–1901
Owen Gilbert	Liberal Reform	1901–1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Newcastle West [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	Owen Gilbert	802	57.9
	Progressive	Emmanuel Flynn	316	22.8	-23.6
	Labour	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 Labour

The sitting member was James Thomson (Labour) who did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle West [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Thomson	580	53.6
	National Federal	James Ellis	502	46.4
Total formal votes			1,082	99.8
Informal votes			2	0.2
Turnout			1,084	63.3
	Labour hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle West [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Thomson	329	29.6
	Free Trade	James Blanksby	317	28.5
	Ind. Free Trade	James Ellis	249	22.4
	Protectionist	David Scott	193	17.3
	Ind. Protectionist	Alfred Asher	25	2.3
Total formal votes			1,113	99.4
Informal votes			7	0.6
Turnout			1,120	75.2
	Labour gain from Free Trade

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle West [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	James Ellis	428	31.5
	Labour	James Thompson	327	24.0
	Ind. Free Trade	James Blanksby	268	19.7
	Protectionist	William Grahame	226	16.6
	Ind. Free Trade	George Webb	112	8.2
Total formal votes			1,361	99.1
Informal votes			13	1.0
Turnout			1,374	89.7
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

"1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
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.
"New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2019" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
Green, Antony. "1898 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1895 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1894 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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

[Green_Newcastle_West-2] 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.

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

[4] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Newcastle_West-5] Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Newcastle_West-6] Green, Antony. "1898 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Newcastle_West-7] Green, Antony. "1895 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Newcastle_West-8] Green, Antony. "1894 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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