Electoral district of Wentworth
This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Wentworth.
Wentworth was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established in 1880 and partly replacing Lachlan and named after and including Wentworth. From 1885 until the creation of Sturt in 1889, it elected two members. It was abolished in 1904, with the downsizing of Parliament after Federation.[1]
Members for Wentworth
| Single-member (1880–1885) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Brodribb | None | 1880–1881 | |
| Edward Quin | None | 1881–1885 | |
| Two members (1885–1889) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Edward Quin | None | 1885–1887 | William MacGregor | None | 1885–1887 | ||
| Joseph Abbott | Protectionist | 1887–1889 | Independent Free Trade | 1887–1887 | |||
| Thomas Browne | Protectionist | 1887–1889 | |||||
| Single-member (1889–1894) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| (Sir) Joseph Abbott | Protectionist | 1889–1901 | |
| Independent | 1891–1894 | ||
| Protectionist | 1894–1901 | ||
| Robert Scobie | Labor | 1901–1904 | |
References
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
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