Electoral district of Belmore
Belmore was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904 in inner Sydney from Sydney-Belmore and parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-Cook and Sydney-Phillip. It was named after Governor Belmore. It was originally in northern Surry Hills bounded by Elizabeth Street, Liverpool Street, Oxford Street, Riley Street and Foveaux Street.[1] In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney.[2][3][4]
Members for Belmore
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward O'Sullivan | Progressive | 1904–1909 | |
Labor | 1909–1910 | ||
Patrick Minahan | Labor | 1910–1917 | |
Michael Burke | Labor | 1917–1920 |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Burke | 3,224 | 66.9 | +16.0 | |
Independent Labor | Thomas Barlow | 1,596 | 33.1 | +33.1 | |
Total formal votes | 4,820 | 98.5 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 71 | 1.5 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,891 | 48.1 | -11.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +16.0 |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Patrick Minahan | 3,518 | 50.9 | ||
Independent Labor | John English | 2,500 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Haynes | 887 | 12.8 | ||
Independent | Forbes Logie | 10 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,915 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 242 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,157 | 59.8 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Minahan | 2,656 | 50.66 | ||
Independent Labour | John English | 2,587 | 49.34 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,243 | 97.36 | |||
Informal votes | 142 | 2.64 | |||
Turnout | 5,385 | 62.07 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive Party (defunct) |
- Edward O'Sullivan had won Belmore at the 1907 election as a Former Progressive; however, he joined the Labour Party in 1909 and died in April 1910. The by-election in May 1910 was won by Patrick Minahan (Labour) who retained the seat at the 1910 general election.
1910 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Minahan | 1,589 | 74.6 | ||
Liberal Reform | George Clarke | 525 | 24.6 | -5.6 | |
Independent | James Jones | 17 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,131 | 95.7 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 4.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,226 | 27.6 [lower-alpha 1] | -39.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Former Progressive | Edward O'Sullivan | 3,441 | 69.7 | ||
Liberal Reform | Richard Teece | 1,494 | 30.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,935 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 87 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,022 | 62.3 | |||
Former Progressive hold |
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Edward O'Sullivan | 2,760 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | 1,965 | 36.3 | ||
Independent | John FitzGerald | 484 | 8.9 | ||
Independent | George Perry | 178 | 3.3 | ||
Socialist Labor | Thomas Batho | 24 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,411 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,449 | 57.1 | |||
Progressive win | (new seat) |
Notes
- based on an electoral roll of 8,068 at the 1907 election
References
- Clune, David (2007). Antony Green; Michael Hogan (eds.). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. ISBN 0-9752354-2-7. p35
- "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1917 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1913 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1910 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1910 Belmore by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1907 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1904 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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