Electoral results for the district of Central Cumberland

Central Cumberland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1859		John Laycock	None		James Atkinson	None
1860
1863 by					Allan Macpherson	None
1864		John Hay	None
1867 by		John Lackey	None
1868 by					Samuel Lyons	None
1869					Edward Flood	None
1872					John Hurley	None
1875					Joseph Wearne	None
1875 by					William Long	None
1877 by
1877					Andrew McCulloch	None
1880
1885 by		Varney Parkes	None				Member		Party
1885								Nathaniel Bull	None
1887			Free Trade			Free Trade		Frank Farnell	Free Trade
1887 by
March 1888 by		John Nobbs	Free Trade
May 1888 by					David Buchanan	Protectionist				Member		Party
1889					Robert Ritchie	Free Trade					John Linsley	Free Trade
June 1889 by											David Dale	Free Trade
September 1889 by
1891
1891 by					Jacob Garrard	Free Trade
1893 by		George McCredie	Free Trade

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1893 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1893 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1893 Central Cumberland by-election
Saturday 6 May ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	George McCredie (elected)	2,417	66.2
	Free Trade	John Nobbs (defeated)	1,292	34.8
Total formal votes			3,709	98.9
Informal votes			40	1.1
Turnout			3,749	37.8 [a]
	Free Trade hold

John Nobbs (Free Trade) resigned due to bankruptcy.^[4]

1891 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1891 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1891 Central Cumberland by-election
Saturday 29 August ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Jacob Garrard (elected)	1,674	39.3
	Labour	John Marshall	904	21.2
	Protectionist	John Gannon	679	16.0
	Protectionist	Cyrus Fuller	403	9.5
	Free Trade	Thomas Taylor	324	7.6
	Free Trade	William Brodie	272	6.4
Total formal votes			4,256	97.5
Informal votes			109	2.5
Turnout			4,365	44.0
	Free Trade hold

Robert Ritchie (Free Trade) died.^[6]

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Wednesday 17 June ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Frank Farnell (re-elected 1)	2,850	15.8
	Free Trade	Robert Ritchie (re-elected 2)	2,491	13.8
	Free Trade	John Nobbs (re-elected 3)	2,435	13.5
	Free Trade	David Dale (re-elected 4)	1,978	11.0
	Labour	John Gannon	1,614	9.0
	Protectionist	Cyrus Fuller	1,449	8.0
	Labour	John Marshall	1,389	7.7
	Protectionist	Walter Airey	1,092	6.1
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Taylor	1,016	5.6
	Ind. Free Trade	John Forsyth	964	5.4
	Ind. Free Trade	John Ferguson	740	4.1
Total formal votes			18,018	99.1
Informal votes			163	0.9
Turnout			5,744	57.9
	Free Trade hold 4

Elections in the 1880s

September 1889 by-election

This section is an excerpt from September 1889 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1889 Central Cumberland by-election
Saturday 28 September ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Frank Farnell (elected)	unopposed
	Free Trade hold

Frank Farnell (Free Trade) resigned due to bankruptcy.^[7]

June 1889 by-election

This section is an excerpt from June 1889 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1889 Central Cumberland by-election
Saturday 22 June ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	David Dale (elected)	1,985	48.0
	Protectionist	Alban Gee	1,657	40.1
	Ind. Free Trade	William Brodie	468	11.3
	Free Trade	Thomas Taylor	27	0.7
Total formal votes			4,137	97.7
Informal votes			97	2.3
Turnout			4,234	43.2
	Free Trade hold

The by-election was caused by the death of John Linsley (Free Trade).^[8]

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Saturday 9 February ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Frank Farnell (elected 1)	3,339	17.1
	Free Trade	John Nobbs (elected 2)	3,222	16.5
	Free Trade	Robert Ritchie (elected 3)	3,143	16.1
	Free Trade	John Linsley (elected 4)	3,040	15.5
	Protectionist	Alban Gee	1,806	9.2
	Protectionist	Nathaniel Bull	1,797	9.2
	Protectionist	Warden Graves	1,622	8.3
	Protectionist	John Thorpe	1,595	8.2
Total formal votes			19,564	99.6
Informal votes			84	0.4
Turnout			5,059	52.2
	Free Trade hold 3 and win 1		(1 new seat)

David Buchanan (Protectionist) won a seat in a by-election in May 1888 and unsuccessfully contested Balmain.

May 1888 by-election

This section is an excerpt from May 1888 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1888 Central Cumberland by-election
Tuesday 15 May ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	David Buchanan (elected)	1,222	48.5
	Free Trade	George Simpson	954	37.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Taylor	345	13.7
Total formal votes			2,521	97.1
Informal votes			76	2.9
Turnout			2,597	28.8
	Protectionist gain from Free Trade

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Andrew McCulloch (Free Trade).^[10]

March 1888 by-election

This section is an excerpt from March 1888 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1888 Central Cumberland by-election
Wednesday 14 March ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Nobbs (elected)	1,923	57.0
	Protectionist	John Watkin	1,453	43.0
Total formal votes			3,376	98.0
Informal votes			68	2.8
Turnout			3,444	38.3
	Free Trade hold

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Varney Parkes (Free Trade).^[12]

1887 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1887 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1887 Central Cumberland by-election
Wednesday 28 December ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Andrew McCulloch (elected)	1,667	55.8
	Protectionist	Nathaniel Bull	1,322	44.2
Total formal votes			2,989	97.2
Informal votes			87	2.8
Turnout			3,076	34.2
	Free Trade hold

Andrew McCulloch (Free Trade) resigned due to insolvency.^[13]

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Saturday 12 February ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Varney Parkes (re-elected 1)	2,404	25.8
	Free Trade	Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 2)	2,119	22.7
	Free Trade	Frank Farnell (elected 3)	1,861	19.9
	Free Trade	John Nobbs	1,775	19.0
	Protectionist	Nathaniel Bull (defeated)	1,173	12.6
Total formal votes			9,332	99.3
Informal votes			67	0.7
Turnout			4,040	51.3

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Thursday 29 October ^[15]

Candidate		Votes	%
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 1)		1,953	21.3
Nathaniel Bull (elected 2)		1,879	20.5
Varney Parkes (re-elected 3)		1,858	20.3
Cyrus Fuller		1,503	16.4
Charles Scrivener		973	10.6
Frank Farnell		808	8.8
Henry Statham		180	2.0
Total formal votes		9,154	98.6
Informal votes		128	1.4
Turnout		3,976	66.2
		(1 new seat)

1885 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1885 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1885 Central Cumberland by-election
Thursday 24 September ^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Varney Parkes (elected)		1,266	51.3
Nathaniel Bull		1,203	48.7
Total formal votes		2,469	97.2
Informal votes		70	2.8
Turnout		2,539	42.2

The by-election was caused by the resignation of John Lackey who was appointed to the Legislative Council.^[17]

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Tuesday 5 December ^[18]

Candidate		Votes	%
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 1)		1,419	39.0
John Lackey (re-elected 2)		1,258	34.6
Nathaniel Bull		964	26.5
Total formal votes		3,641	98.9
Informal votes		39	1.1
Turnout		2,404	62.3

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Monday 22 November ^[19]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (re-elected 1)		1,470	41.0
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 2)		1,350	37.6
Thomas Wearne		770	21.5
Total formal votes		3,590	99.0
Informal votes		36	1.0
Turnout		2,216	62.9

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Monday 29 October ^[20]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (re-elected)		unopposed
Andrew McCulloch (elected)		unopposed

The other sitting member William Long successfully contested Parramatta.^[21]

1877 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1877 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1877 Central Cumberland by-election
Friday 31 August ^[22]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (elected 1)		874	54.8
William Long (elected 2)		722	45.2
Robert Graham		134	10.8
Jeremiah O'Connell		52	4.2
Total formal votes		1,236	99.2
Informal votes		10	0.0
Turnout		1,246	27.4 [b]

The by-election was caused by the appointment of William Long and John Lackey to positions in the fourth Robertson ministry.^[22]

1875 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1875 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1875 Central Cumberland by-election
Monday 28 June ^[23]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Long (elected)		874	54.8
Andrew McCulloch		722	45.2
Total formal votes		1,596	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,596	70.3

Joseph Wearne rsigned.^[23]

1874-75

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Friday 8 January 1875 ^[24]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (re-elected 1)		692	28.9
Joseph Wearne (elected 2)		624	26.0
Joseph O'Connor		391	16.3
Andrew McCulloch		328	13.7
Charles Jeanneret		256	10.7
Nicholas Raven		99	4.1
Maurice Reynolds		8	0.3
Total formal votes		2,398	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		2,398	55.1

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Thursday 22 February ^[25]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (re-elected 1)		762	42.2
John Hurley (elected 2)		573	31.7
Henry Zions		431	23.8
Frederick Birmingham		34	1.9
Total formal votes		8	100.0
Informal votes		1,808	0.0
Turnout		1,808	39.4

Elections in the 1860s

1869-70

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Tuesday 28 December 1869 ^[26]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (re-elected 1)		713	29.4
Edward Flood (elected 2)		629	25.9
William Campbell		616	25.4
James Jones		467	19.3
Total formal votes		2,425	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,900	78.6

1868 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1868 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1868 Central Cumberland by-election
Thursday 17 December ^[27]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Lyons (elected)		495	52.9
James Jones		440	47.1
Total formal votes		935	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		935	43.3

Allan Macpherson resigned.^[27]

1867 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1867 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1867 Central Cumberland by-election
Thursday 27 June ^[28]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lackey (elected)		314	53.3
Robert Graham		53	46.7
Total formal votes		367	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		367	18.1

The by-election was caused by the resignation of John Hay who was then appointed to the Legislative Council.^[28]

1864-65

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Saturday 26 November 1864 ^[29]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Hay (re-elected 1)		584	33.6
Allan Macpherson (re-elected 2)		549	31.6
John Laycock (defeated)		401	23.1
George Oakes		184	10.6
James Atkinson		19	1.1
Total formal votes		1,737	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,737	38.8

1863 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1863 Central Cumberland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1863 Central Cumberland by-election
Saturday 6 June ^[30]

Candidate		Votes	%
Allan Macpherson (elected)		586	53.3
James Atkinson (defeated)		514	46.7
Total formal votes		1,100	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,100	50.1

James Atkinson resigned due to insolvency and re-contested the seat.^[30]

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Saturday 22 December 1860 ^[31]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Laycock (re-elected 1)		346	25.2
James Atkinson (re-elected 2)		335	24.4
David Bell		294	21.4
James Farnell		215	15.7
Allan Macpherson		184	13.4
Total formal votes		1,374	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,374	36.6

James Farnell was the member for St Leonards and had already unsuccessfully contested Goldfields West.

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Central Cumberland.[edit]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Central Cumberland
Thursday 23 June ^[32]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Atkinson (elected 1)		389	35.1
John Laycock (elected 2)		358	32.3
John Lackey		343	30.9
John Beit		20	1.8
Total formal votes		1,110	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,110	32.8

Notes

1. based on an electoral roll of 9,914 at the 1891 election.^[5]
2. based on an electoral roll of 2,270 at the 1875 by-election