Electoral district of King (New South Wales)
King was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1904 as a result of 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 largely replaced Sydney-King, losing a part to Darling Harbour. It was expanded to include parts of Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh. It also included Lord Howe Island, Montague Island and South Solitary Island.
In 1920 NSW introduced proportional representation and the district was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney. NSW returned to single member electorates in 1927 and King was recreated. It was abolished in 1973 and partly replaced by Heffron.[2][3][4]
Members for King
First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Ernest Broughton | Liberal Reform | 1904–1910 | |
James Morrish | Labor | 1910–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917 | ||
Tom Smith | Labor | 1917–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–1973) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Daniel Clyne | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
Labor (NSW) | 1932–1938 | ||
Labor | 1938–1956 | ||
Albert Sloss | Labor | 1956–1973 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,918 | 71.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Andrew Bush | 4,628 | 19.5 | -0.4 | |
Communist | Doris Jobling | 1,146 | 4.8 | -4.3 | |
Independent | Ernest Williams | 1,060 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,752 | 94.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,478 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 25,230 | 88.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,408 | 77.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Andrew Bush | 5,344 | 22.5 | -1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
References
- "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1971 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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