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. __NOTOC__ 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
Election results Elections in the 2020s 2023
Elections in the 2010s 2019
2015
2011
Elections in the 2000s 2007
1991–2007 District abolished
Elections in the 1980s 1988
1984
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Elections in the 1970s 1978
1976
1973
1971
Elections in the 1960s 1968
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Elections in the 1950s 1959
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Elections in the 1940s 1947
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Elections in the 1930s 1939 by-election
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Elections in the 1920s 1927 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1925 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1922 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1921 appointment 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,. 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.
1920 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Balmain
Elections in the 1910s 1917 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1913 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1910 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Balmain
Elections in the 1900s 1907 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1904 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Balmain
1894–1904 District abolished
1891 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
1890 by-election
Elections in the 1880s 1889 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
1887 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
1885 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
1882 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
1880 This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain
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