Electoral district of Armidale

Armidale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including Armidale. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,^[1] and the three member district of New England was largely divided between Armidale, Uralla-Walcha and Bingara. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Northern Tablelands, along with Gough and Tenterfield. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1981 and partly replaced by the recreated Northern Tablelands.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members for Armidale

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Henry Copeland	Protectionist	1894–1895
	Edmund Lonsdale	Free Trade	1895–1898
	Charles Wilson	Protectionist	1898–1901
	Edmund Lonsdale	Liberal Reform	1901–1903
	Sydney Kearney	Liberal Reform	1903–1907
	Edmund Lonsdale	Liberal Reform	1907–1913
	George Braund	Liberal Reform	1913–1915
	Herbert Lane	Liberal Reform	1915–1917
	Herbert Lane	Nationalist	1917–1920

Second incarnation (1927–1981)
Member		Party	Term
	David Drummond	Country	1927–1949
	Davis Hughes	Country	1949–1953
	Jim Cahill	Labor	1953–1956
	Davis Hughes	Country	1956–1973
	David Leitch	Country	1973–1975
	David Leitch	National Country	1975–1978
	Bill McCarthy	Labor	1978–1981

Election results

1978 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill McCarthy	11,538	48.5	+5.1
	National Country	David Leitch	11,345	47.7	−8.9
	Democrats	Sidney Burkey	890	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			23,773	98.5	−0.2
Informal votes			349	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			24,122	94.1	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill McCarthy	12,034	50.6	+7.2
	National Country	David Leitch	11,739	49.4	−7.2
	Labor gain from National Country		Swing	+7.2

References

^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1978 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[1] "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[Green_Armidale-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

[Results_of_the_1978_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1978_Armidale-5] Green, Antony. "1978 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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