Electoral district of Newcastle East

Newcastle East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,^[1] and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Newcastle East, Newcastle West, Kahibah, Waratah and Wickham.^[2][3] from 1894 to 1904, when it was abolished as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[4] Newcastle East was absorbed into the district of Newcastle.^[5][6][7]

Members for Newcastle East

Member		Party	Term
	William Dick	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Newcastle East

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

1901 New South Wales state election: Newcastle East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Dick	1,037	66.9	+6.7
	Labour	James Curley	514	33.1
Total formal votes			1,551	99.6	+1.3
Informal votes			7	0.5	−1.3
Turnout			1,558	69.0	+3.7
	Liberal Reform hold

References

1. "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
2. "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
3. "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
4. "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
5. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
6. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
7. "Mr William Thomas Dick (1865-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.