Electoral district of Petersham

Petersham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Petersham. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,^[1] and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the five member district of Western Suburbs, along with Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt and Marrickville. It was recreated in 1930, partly replacing Enmore but was abolished in 1941, with parts of the district going to Dulwich Hill and Marrickville.^[2][3][4]

Members for Petersham

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Llewellyn Jones	Ind. Free Trade	1894–1895
		Free Trade	1895–1898
	John Cohen	Protectionist	1898–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1919
	Sydney Shillington	Nationalist	1919–1920
Second incarnation (1930–1941)
Member		Party	Term
	Joe Lamaro	Labor	1930–1932
	Eric Solomon	United Australia	1932–1941

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Petersham

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Petersham ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Eric Solomon	9,033	50.5	+1.4
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	8,861	49.5	+4.4
Total formal votes			17,894	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			307	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			18,201	97.1	+1.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.3