Electoral district of Western Suburbs

Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Marrickville and Petersham. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Ashfield, Burwood, Croydon, Leichhardt and Marrickville.[1][2][3]

Members for Western Suburbs

	Party	Term		Party	Term		Party	Term		Party	Term		Party	Term
Carlo Lazzarini	Labor	1920–1927	Edward McTiernan	Labor	1920–1927	Tom Hoskins	Nationalist	1920–1927	Sydney Shillington	Nationalist	1920–1922	James Wilson	Progressive	1920–1922
									John Ness	Nationalist	1922–1927	James Wilson	Nationalist	1922–1925
									John Ness	Nationalist	1922–1927	Milton Jarvie	Nationalist	1925–1927

Election results

1925 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			8,320
	Nationalist	John Ness (elected 2)	9,016	18.1	+1.9
	Nationalist	Tom Hoskins (elected 4)	6,975	14.0	-2.4
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie (elected 5)	3,980	8.0	+8.0
	Nationalist	Henry Morton	2,443	4.9	+4.9
	Nationalist	William Simpson	1,865	3.7	+0.6
	Labor	Edward McTiernan (elected 1)	11,239	22.5	+3.2
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini (elected 3)	7,697	15.4	+1.3
	Labor	Barney Olde	774	1.6	+1.6
	Labor	James Troy	649	1.3	+1.3
	Labor	Roger Ryan	99	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Alexander Huie	3,976	8.0	+2.6
	Protestant Labor	Frederick Armstrong	578	1.2	+1.2
	Protestant Labor	Alfred Millington	490	1.0	+1.0
	Majority Labor	John Cain	133	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			49,914	97.5	+0.6
Informal votes			1,253	2.5	-0.6
Turnout			51,167	70.7	-3.3
Party total votes
	Nationalist		24,279	48.6	-9.3
	Labor		20,458	41.0	+5.0
	Independent	Alexander Huie	3,976	8.0	+8.0
	Protestant Labor		1,068	2.1	+2.1
	Majority Labor		133	0.3	+0.3

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
"Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
Green, Antony. "1925 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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[Green_Western_Suburbs-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[Results_of_the_1925_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1925_Western_Suburbs-4] Green, Antony. "1925 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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