Electoral district of Kahibah

Kahibah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle and named after the Newcastle suburb of Kahibah. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished and partly replaced by Waratah in 1930. It was recreated in 1950 and abolished again in 1971 and replaced by Charlestown.[1][2][3]

Members for Kahibah

First incarnation (1894–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Alfred Edden Labour 1894–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1930)
MemberPartyTerm
  Hugh Connell Labor 1927–1930
Third incarnation (1950–1971)
MemberPartyTerm
  Joshua Arthur Labor 1950–1953
  Tom Armstrong Independent Labor 1953–1957
  Jack Stewart Labor 1957–1971

Election results

1968 New South Wales state election: Kahibah[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Stewart 12,949 58.5 -5.1
Liberal Roy Hammond 7,166 32.4 -4.1
Democratic Labor William Crane 1,055 4.8 +4.8
Communist Darrell Dawson 691 3.1 +3.1
Independent William Fricker 259 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 22,120 97.6
Informal votes 540 2.4
Turnout 22,660 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Stewart 13,843 62.6 -1.0
Liberal Roy Hammond 8,277 37.4 +1.0
Labor hold Swing-1.0

References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Kahibah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1968 Kahibah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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