Electoral district of Hume

For the federal electorate, see Division of Hume.

Hume was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established in 1859 in the Albury area, named after Hamilton Hume. It did not include the town of Albury after the creation of the electoral district of Albury in 1880. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. Following federation, the 1903 NSW referendum decided that the Legislative was to be reduced from 125 to 90 members and in 1904 Hume was abolished and partly replaced by Corowa with the balance absorbed into Albury.^[1][2][3]

Members for Hume

Single-member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	Morris Asher	None	1859–1860
	Thomas Mate	None	1860–1869
	James Fallon	None	1869–1872
	James McLaurin	None	1872–1873
	Thomas Robertson	None	1873–1874
	George Day	None	1874–1880
Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Lyne	None	1880–1887		Leyser Levin	None	1880–1885
					James Hayes	None	1885–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1894			Protectionist	1887–1894
Single-member (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	William Lyne	Protectionist	1894–1901
	Gordon McLaurin	Progressive	1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hume

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

1901 New South Wales state election: The Hume ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Gordon McLaurin	unopposed
	Progressive hold

Sir William Lyne (Progressive) resigned prior to the federal election in March 1901 at which he successfully contested the seat of Hume. Having resigned earlier than other candidates, a by-election was held in April 1901 in which Gordon McLaurin retained the seat for the Progressive Party.