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Electoral district of Kahibah

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Kahibah 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 districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle and named after the Newcastle suburb of Kahibah. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished and partly replaced by Waratah in 1930. It was recreated in 1950 and abolished again in 1971 and replaced by Charlestown.[1]

Members for Kahibah

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member Party Term
  Alfred Edden Labor 1894–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1930)
Member Party Term
  Hugh Connell Labor 1927–1930
Third incarnation (1950–1971)
Member Party Term
  Joshua Arthur Labor 1950–1953
  Tom Armstrong Independent Labor 1953–1957
  Jack Stewart Labor 1957–1971

Notes

  1. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2007.