Electoral district of Darlington (New South Wales)

Darlington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the inner Sydney suburb of Darlington. It was first created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.^[1][2][3]

History

Prior to 1894 the suburb of Darlington was part of the Redfern which returned four members. Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Darlington.^[4] Redfern was reduced in size and parts were given to the new districts of Darlington and Waterloo. The district was proposed to be called Redfern West,^[5] before the name Darlington was chosen.^[6] The suburb was regarded as a slum and was the most densely populated suburb of Sydney.^[7]

Darlington was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90 and was largely absorbed by the new districts of Phillip and Camperdown.^[8]

Members for Darlington

Member		Party	Term
	William Schey	Independent Labour	1894–1895
		Protectionist	1895–1898
	Thomas Clarke	Free Trade	1898–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901
	Phillip Sullivan	Labour	1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Darlington

1901 New South Wales state election: Darlington ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Sullivan	1,194	51.9
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Clarke	1,074	46.7	1.3
	Socialist Labor	John Neill	33	1.4
Total formal votes			2,301	99.3	−0.1
Informal votes			17	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			2,318	64.5	+3.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

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

References

1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
3. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
4. "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
5. "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6687. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via Trove.
6. "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7754. Retrieved 1 September 2020 – via Trove.
7. Kelly, Max (1978). "Picturesque and Pestilential: The Sydney Slum Observed 1860-1900". In Kelly, Max (ed.). Nineteenth-century Sydney: essays in urban history. Sydney University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-424-00051-0.
8. "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
9. Green, Antony. "1901 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2020.