Electoral district of Darlinghurst
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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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-distribution 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][5]
Members for Darlinghurst
| First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform | 1904–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
| Second incarnation (1950–1953) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Frank Finnan | Labor | 1950–1953 | |
Election results
| 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 notional hold | |||||
Frank Finnan (Labor) was the member for Hawkesbury.
