Electoral district of Durham explained

Durham was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Durham County, which lies on the north side of the Hunter River. From 1856 to 1859, it elected three members simultaneously by voters casting three votes with the three leading candidates being elected. It was abolished in 1859 with the county being split between the districts of Hunter, Lower Hunter, Upper Hunter, Morpeth, Paterson, Patrick's Plains and Williams.^[1]

It was recreated in 1880, replacing parts of Paterson and Williams, as a single-member electorate. It was abolished in 1920.^{[2] [3]}

Members for Durham

Three members (1856–1859)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		Richard Jones[4]	None	1856–1859			William Arnold[5]	None	1856–1859			Samuel Gordon[6]	None	1856–1859
Single-member (1880–1920)
Member		Party	Term
		Herbert Brown[7]	None	1880–1887
				1887–1894
				1894–1895
				1895–1898
		Walter Bennett[8]		1898–1901
				1901–1907
		William Brown[9]		1907–1910
				1910–1917
				1917–1917
		Walter Bennett		1917–1920

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Durham.

Notes and References

1. The Electoral Act of 1858 . 1858 . 23a . 19 June 2019.
2. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.
3. Elections for the District of Durham . DistrictIndexes . Durham . 16 August 2020.
4. 445 . Mr Richard Jones [2] (1816 - 1892) . Yes . 16 April 2019.
5. 490 . Mr William Munnings Arnold . Yes . 3 May 2019.
6. 377 . Mr Samuel Deane Gordon (1811–1882) . Yes . 19 June 2019.
7. Mr Herbert Harrington Brown (1839-1929) . 746 . Yes . 8 June 2019.
8. Mr Walter Bennett (1864–1934) . Yes . 1 May 2019 . 1138.
9. 1187 . Mr William Brown (1867–1954) . Yes . 19 June 2019.