Electoral district of Darlinghurst

Darlinghurst was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Named after and including Darlinghurst, it was 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 parts of Paddington and the abolished seats of Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh. It was abolished in 1920 with the introduction of proportional representation and was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney. It was briefly recreated in 1950 before being abolished in 1953.[2][3][4]

Members for Darlinghurst

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Daniel Levy	Liberal Reform	1904–1917
	Daniel Levy	Nationalist	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1950–1953)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Finnan	Labor	1950–1953

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Paget	10,553	47.8
	Labor	Frank Finnan	10,505	47.6
	Communist	Adam Ogston	1,012	4.6
Total formal votes			22,070	97.3
Informal votes			603	2.7
Turnout			22,673	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Finnan	11,401	51.7
	Liberal	John Paget	10,669	48.3
	Labor hold		Swing

District recreated

1920 - 1950

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Daniel Levy	4,143	55.0	+2.2
	Labor	John Farrell	3,316	44.1	-3.1
	Independent	Percy Brunton	68	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			7,527	98.4	+1.7
Informal votes			124	1.6	-1.7
Turnout			7,651	55.3	-6.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.2

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Daniel Levy	4,055	52.8
	Labor	Frank Foster	3,622	47.2
Total formal votes			7,677	96.7
Informal votes			264	3.3
Turnout			7,941	61.3
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Daniel Levy	3,556	52.86
	Labour	John FitzGerald	3,043	45.24
	Independent	John Haynes	128	1.90
Total formal votes			6,727	97.90
Informal votes			144	2.10
Turnout			6,871	64.97
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Daniel Levy	2,640	57.7
	Labour	Donald McKinnon	1,263	27.6
	Independent	David Dunn Middleton	661	14.4
Total formal votes			4,579	97.5
Informal votes			116	2.5
Turnout			4,695	56.9
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Daniel Levy	2,743	56.3
	Labour	John Birt	2,129	43.7
Total formal votes			4,872	99.5
Informal votes			27	0.6
Turnout			4,899	50.0
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Darlinghurst was a new seat consisting of parts of Paddington and the abolished seats of Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh. The member for Sydney-Fitzroy was Daniel Levy (Liberal Reform). The member for Sydney-Bligh was Patrick Quinn (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested King. The member for Paddington was Charles Oakes (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

References

"1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
"Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1950 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1917 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1913 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1910 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
Green, Antony. "1907 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Green, Antony. "1904 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 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.

[2] "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Green_Darlinghurst-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1950_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1950_Darlinghurst-5] Green, Antony. "1950 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Darlinghurst-6] Green, Antony. "1917 Darlinghurst". 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_Darlinghurst-7] Green, Antony. "1913 Darlinghurst". 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_Darlinghurst_1910-8] Green, Antony. "1910 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Darlinghurst_1907-9] Green, Antony. "1907 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Darlinghurst-10] Green, Antony. "1904 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

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