Electoral district of Hume
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Hume was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of New South Wales
established in 1859 in the Albury
area, named after Hamilton Hume
. It did not include the town of Albury after the creation of the electoral district of Albury in 1880. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. In 1904, it was abolished and partly replaced by Corowa
.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...
of the Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
established in 1859 in the Albury
Albury, New South Wales
Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...
area, named after Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume was the first Australian born explorer. Along with Hovell in 1824, Hume was part of an expedition that first took an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip near the site of present day Melbourne...
. It did not include the town of Albury after the creation of the electoral district of Albury in 1880. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. In 1904, it was abolished and partly replaced by Corowa
Electoral district of Corowa
Corowa was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales.Created in 1904, it takes its name from town of Corowa. In 1920, Corowa, Albury and Wagga Wagga was absorbed into Murray and elected four members under proportional representation...
.
Members for Hume
| Single-member (1859—1880) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Morris Asher | None | 1859—1860 | |
| Thomas Mate | None | 1860—1869 | |
| James Fallon | None | 1869—1872 | |
| James McLaurin | None | 1872—1873 | |
| Thomas Robertson | None | 1873—1874 | |
| George Day George Day (Australian politician) George Day was an Australian politician. He was born in the Hawkesbury River district of New South Wales on 29 October 1826. He was elected from 1874 to 1880 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, for the electoral district of Hume, and elected from 1880 to 1889 for the electoral... |
None | 1874—1880 | |
| Two members (1880—1894) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | William Lyne William Lyne Sir William John Lyne KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales and a member of the first federal ministry.-Early life:... |
None | 1880—1887 | Leyser Levin | None | 1880—1885 | |||
| James Hayes James Hayes (Australian politician) James Hayes, who lived from 1831 – 24 May 1908, was an Australian politician.Hayes was born in Cork, Ireland and arrived with parents in New South Wales in 1837. He was educated at a private school near Parramatta and became a miller. He married Frances Foott in June 1861 and had four daughters... |
None | 1885—1887 | |||||||||
| Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1887—1894 | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1887—1894 | ||||||||
| Single-member (1894—1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Lyne William Lyne Sir William John Lyne KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of New South Wales and a member of the first federal ministry.-Early life:... |
Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1894—1901 | |
| Gordon McLaurin | Progressive | 1901—1904 | |