Electoral district of St George

St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the St George district. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,^[1] and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation,^[2] St George was expanded to a five-member district, absorbing the electoral districts of Canterbury and Hurstville. Proportional representation was abolished in 1927,^[3] and St George was divided into the single member electorates of St George, Canterbury, Hurstville, Oatley and Rockdale. St George was abolished in 1930, being partly replaced by Arncliffe.^[4][5][6]

Members for St George

Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Carruthers ^[7]	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1908
	William Taylor ^[8]	Liberal Reform	1908–1913
	William Bagnall ^[9]	Labor	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Five members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Bagnall ^[9]	Nationalist	1920–1925		George Cann ^[10]	Labor	1920–1927		Mark Gosling ^[11]	Labor	1920–1927		Thomas Ley ^[12]	Progressive	1920–1922		Guy Arkins ^[13]	Nationalist	1920–1927
														Nationalist	1922–1925
	Joseph Cahill ^[14]	Labor	1925–1927
													William Bagnall ^[9]	Nationalist	1925–1927
Single-member (1927–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Cahill ^[14]	Labor	1927–1930

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of St George

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: St George ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	8,137	55.9
	Nationalist	James Morrish	6,430	44.1
Total formal votes			14,567	99.1
Informal votes			138	0.9
Turnout			14,705	86.9
	Labor win		(new seat)

References

1. . Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
2. . Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
3. . Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
4. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
5. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "Elections for the district of St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
7. "Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (1857-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
8. "Mr William Taylor (1862–1922)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
9. "Mr William Roy Clifford Bagnall (1882–1950)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
10. "The Hon. George Cann (1871–1948)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
11. "Mr Mark Gosling (1886-1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
12. "The Hon. Thomas John Ley (1880–1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
13. "Mr James Guy Dalley Arkins (1888–1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
14. "Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891-1959)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
15. Green, Antony. "1927 St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.