Darlinghurst, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1950 until 1953.[1][2][3][4]

First incarnation (1904–1920)
ElectionMemberParty
1904   Daniel Levy Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
Second incarnation (1950–1953)
ElectionMemberParty
1950   Frank Finnan Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Darlinghurst.[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [5]
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.

District recreated

1920 - 1950

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Darlinghurst.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Daniel Levy 4,143 55.0 +2.2
Labor John Farrell 3,316 44.1 -3.1
Independent Percy Brunton 68 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 7,527 98.4 +1.7
Informal votes 124 1.6 -1.7
Turnout 7,651 55.3 -6.0
Nationalist hold Swing+2.2

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Darlinghurst.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Daniel Levy 4,055 52.8
Labor Frank Foster 3,622 47.2
Total formal votes 7,677 96.7
Informal votes 264 3.3
Turnout 7,941 61.3
Liberal Reform hold  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Darlinghurst.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Daniel Levy 3,556 52.9
Labor Jack FitzGerald 3,043 45.2
Independent John Haynes 128 1.9
Total formal votes 6,727 97.9
Informal votes 144 2.1
Turnout 6,871 65.0
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Darlinghurst.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Daniel Levy 2,640 57.7
Labor Donald McKinnon 1,263 27.6
Independent David Middleton 661 14.4
Total formal votes 4,579 97.5
Informal votes 116 2.5
Turnout 4,695 56.9
Liberal Reform hold  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Darlinghurst.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Daniel Levy 2,743 56.3
Labor John Birt 2,129 43.7
Total formal votes 4,872 99.5
Informal votes 27 0.6
Turnout 4,899 50.0
Liberal Reform win (new seat)
Darlinghurst was a new seat consisting of parts of Paddington and the abolished seats of Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh. The member for Sydney-Fitzroy was Daniel Levy (Liberal Reform). The member for Sydney-Bligh was Patrick Quinn (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested King. The member for Paddington was Charles Oakes (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  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. ↑ "Sir Daniel Levy (1872–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Hon. Francis Joseph Finnan (1897-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1950 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Darlinghurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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