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Newcastle West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Newcastle West, Newcastle East, Kahibah, Waratah and Wickham.[2][3] It was abolished 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.[4] Parts of Newcastle West were absorbed into the districts of Wickham, Newcastle and Kahibah.[5][6][7]
Member | Party | Term | |
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James Ellis | Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
James Thomson | Labour | 1895–1901 | |
Owen Gilbert | Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Owen Gilbert | 802 | 57.9 | ||
Progressive | Emmanuel Flynn | 316 | 22.8 | −23.6 | |
Labour | Thomas Green | 267 | 19.3 | −34.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,385 | 99.4 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,394 | 70.8 | +7.5 | ||
Liberal Reform gain from Labour |