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.^[1] It was named after Governor Belmore. It was originally in northern Surry Hills bounded by George Street and the Darling Harbour railway line in the west, Cleveland Street in the south, Liverpool Street, Oxford Street in the north and Riley Street, Wilton Street and Waterloo streets in the east.^[2] In 1913 it absorbed part of the abolished seat of Pyrmont. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Members for Belmore

	Party	Term
Edward O'Sullivan	Progressive	1904–1909
Edward O'Sullivan	Labour	1909–1910
Patrick Minahan	Labor	1910–1917
Michael Burke	Labor	1917–1920

Election results

1917 New South Wales state election: Belmore ^[6]
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

The sitting Labor member for Belmore, Patrick Minahan, lost preselection and unsuccessfully contested Cootamundra against Labor turned Nationalist Premier William Holman.

References

^ Clune, David (2007). Antony Green; Michael Hogan (eds.). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-9752354-2-3.
^ "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1902 and Electorates Redistribution Act 1904". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2366. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW 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.

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[1] Clune, David (2007). Antony Green; Michael Hogan (eds.). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-9752354-2-3.

[2] "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1902 and Electorates Redistribution Act 1904". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2366. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.

[3] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[4] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Green_Belmore-5] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Belmore-6] Green, Antony. "1917 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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Electoral district of Belmore

Members for Belmore

Election results

References

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