Electoral district of Leichhardt (New South Wales) explained

Leichhardt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, with the abolition of multi-member electorates and partly replacing Balmain, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Western Suburbs. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1962.^{[1] [2]}

Members for Leichhardt

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
		John Hawthorne		1894–1895
				1895–1901
				1901–1904
		Robert Booth		1904–1907
		Campbell Carmichael		1907–1919
				1919–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1962)
Member		Party	Term
		Barney Olde		1927–1932
		Joe Lamaro		1932–1934
		Claude Matthews		1934–1940
				1940–1941
				1941–1954
		Reg Coady		1954–1962

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Leichhardt (New South Wales).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.
2. Elections for the District of Leichhardt . DistrictIndexes . Leichhardt . 2020-09-30.