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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Darlinghurst
1950 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [6]
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.

References

  1. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Sir Daniel Levy (1872–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The Hon. Francis Joseph Finnan (1897-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


Categories