Electoral district of Northumberland explained

Northumberland was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1913, in the Newcastle area and named after Northumberland County. It elected two members simultaneously between 1880 and 1887 and three members between 1887 and 1894. Voters cast a vote for each vacancy and the leading candidates were elected.^{[1] [2]}

Members for Northumberland

Single-member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
		Alexander Scott	None	1859–1860
		Thomas Lewis	None	1860–1862
		Atkinson Tighe	None	1862–1869
		William Brookes	None	1869–1872
		James Hannell	None	1872–1874
		Charles Stevens	None	1874–1877
		William Turner	None	1877–1877
		Thomas Hungerford	None	1877–1880
		Ninian Melville	None	1880–1880
Two members (1880–1887)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		None	1880–1887			William Turner	None	1880–1881
						Thomas Hungerford	None	1882–1882
						Atkinson Tighe	None	1882–1884
						Richard Luscombe	None	1884–1885
						Joseph Creer	None	1885–1887
Three members (1887–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Ninian Melville		1887–1894			Joseph Creer		1887–1889		Thomas Walker		1887–1894
								1889–1891
						Alfred Edden		1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1913)
Member		Party	Term
		Richard Stevenson		1894–1895
		Henry Wheeler		1895–1898
		Richard Stevenson		1898–1899
		John Norton		1899–1904
		Matthew Charlton		1904–1910
		William Kearsley		1910–1913

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Northumberland.

Notes and References

1. Elections for the District of Northumberland . DistrictIndexes . Northumberland . 2020-10-16.
2. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.