Sturt, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1889 until 1968 and from 1971 until 1981. __NOTOC__ Election Member Party 1889 Wyman Brown 1891 John Cann 1894 William Ferguson 1895 1898 1901 / 1904 Arthur Griffith 1907 1908 by 1910 1913 John Cann 1917 by Percy Brookfield / 1917 Member Party Member Party 1920 Mat Davidson Brian Doe 1921 Appt Jabez Wright 1922 1922 Appt Ted Horsington 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 / / 1941 1944 1947 William Wattison 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 Election Member Party 1971 Tim Fischer 1973 1976 1978 1981 by John Sullivan
Election results Elections in the 1980s 1981 by-election
Elections in the 1970s 1978
1976
1973
1971
1968 - 1971 District abolished
Elections in the 1960s 1965
1962
Elections in the 1950s 1959
1956
1953
1950
Elections in the 1940s 1947
1944
1941
Elections in the 1930s 1938
1935
1932
1930
Elections in the 1920s 1927
1925
1922 appointment Jabez Wright died on 10 September 1922. Ted Horsington was the only unsuccessful Labor candidate at the 1922 election and took his seat on 20 September 1922.
1922
1921 appointment On 22 March 1921 Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton. 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 "who represents the same party interest as the late member". Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been the Labor member for Sturt since the 1917 by-election, however he resigned from the Labor Party in August 1919, and joined the Industrial Socialist Labor Party, which in January 1920 merged with the Socialist Labor Party, retaining the later name. Under this banner Brookfield was the first candidate elected at the 1920 election for Sturt. He was however dissatisfied with the manner in which the affairs of that party have been carried on" and formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death. There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes and thus he should be appointed. The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader John Storey nominated Jabez Wright.
1920
Elections in the 1910s 1917
1917 by-election
1913
1910
Elections in the 1900s 1908 by-election
1907
1904
1901
Elections in the 1890s 1898
1895
1894
1891
Elections in the 1880s 1889
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