Electoral district of Alma

Alma was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904,^[1][2][3] named after Alma, a locality in southern Broken Hill, now known as South Broken Hill.^[4]

Alma New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	1894
Abolished	1904
Namesake	Alma

Members for Alma

Josiah Thomas easily won the seat for Labor at the 1894 election, was elected unopposed following year and increased his majority at the 1898 election. Thomas entered federal politics by the winning the seat of Barrier at the first Commonwealth election. William Williams succeeded Thomas after narrowing defeating Jabez Wright in the 1901 election.

Member		Party	Term
	Josiah Thomas	Labor	1894–1901
	William Williams	Independent Labor	1901–1904

See also

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Alma

1901 New South Wales state election: Alma ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	William Williams	874	52.0
	Labour	Jabez Wright	783	46.6	-42.0
	Independent	William Colliss	25	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			1,682	100	+2.8
Informal votes			0	0	−2.8
Turnout			1,682	64.2	+18.8
	Independent Labour gain from Labour

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Alma.[edit]

The sitting member was Josiah Thomas (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Barrier which included Broken Hill.^[6] William Williams nominated as an Independent Labor candidate after friction between local branches and the Barrier District Assembly.^[7]

References

1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
4. "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
5. Green, Antony. "1901 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
6. "Mr Josiah Thomas (1863–1933)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
7. "Alma and Sturt". Barrier Miner. 29 June 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via Trove.