Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (New South Wales)

Cumberland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1920 and abolished in 1927. __NOTOC__ Election Member Party Member Party Member Party 1920  Voltaire Molesworth   Bruce Walker   Ernest Carr 1922  William FitzSimons   James McGirr   1925 1926 appointment  James Shand

Election results Elections in the 1920s 1926 appointment William FitzSimons died on 20 March 1926. 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). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,. provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. James Shand was the only unsuccessful candidate at the 1925 election and took his seat on 22 September 1926.

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1920

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