Balmain, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations since it was established in 1880. It expanded from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 members before being abolished in 1894. It was re-established in 1904 returning 1 member until 1920. When multiple member constituencies were established using the Hare-Clark single transferable vote in 1920, Balmain returned 5 members. It had a single member from 1927 when the state returned to single member electorates. It was abolished in 1991 and largely replaced by Port Jackson which included the Sydney CBD. It was re-established in 2007 when Port Jackson was abolished.[1] [2] [3]
| Election | Member | Party | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | Jacob Garrard | None | Member | Party | ||||||||||||
| 1882 | William Hutchinson | None | Member | Party | ||||||||||||
| 1885 | Solomon Hyam | None | John Hawthorne | None | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | Frank Smith | Member | Party | |||||||||||||
| 1889 | George Clubb | |||||||||||||||
| 1890 by | ||||||||||||||||
| 1891 | George Clark | / | Edward Darnley | James Johnston | William Murphy | |||||||||||
| Election | Member | Party | ||||||||||||||
| 1904 | Walter Anderson | |||||||||||||||
| 1907 | John Storey | |||||||||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1913 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1917 | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||||||||
| 1920 | John Doyle | Robert Stuart-Robertson | John Quirk | Albert Smith | ||||||||||||
| 1921 Appt | Tom Keegan | |||||||||||||||
| 1922 | Robert Stopford | Albert Lane | ||||||||||||||
| 1925 | H. V. Evatt | |||||||||||||||
| 1927 | H. V. Evatt | |||||||||||||||
| 1930 | John Quirk | |||||||||||||||
| 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1939 by | Mary Quirk | / | ||||||||||||||
| 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | / | |||||||||||||||
| 1950 | John McMahon | |||||||||||||||
| 1953 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Roger Degen | |||||||||||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Peter Crawford | |||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Dawn Fraser | |||||||||||||||
| Election | Member | Party | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Verity Firth | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Jamie Parker | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Kobi Shetty | |||||||||||||||
District abolished
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Balmain
The Premier John Storey died on 5 October 1921. Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,[4] casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. Tom Keegan was the only unsuccessful Labor candidate at the 1920 election and took his seat on 18 October 1921.[5]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Balmain
District abolished
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain