Electoral district of Balmain
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Balmain is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. In 2007, it was won by Verity Firth of the Australian Labor Party against her Greens opponent, Rochelle Porteous.
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 49,240 electors on 29 April 2007.[1]
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[edit] History
Balmain was established in 1880 and from 1882, it elected two members, from 1885 it elected three members and from 1889 until 1894 it elected four members simultaneously. Voters cast a vote for each vacancy and the leading candidates were elected. In 1894 it was split into Balmain North and Balmain South, each electing one member. In 1904 it was combined into a single electorate, electing one member. In 1920, several electoral districts were combined to create a new incarnation of Balmain, which elected five members by proportional representation. This was replaced by single member electorates for the 1927 election. It was abolished in 1991, being replaced by Port Jackson. It was recreated for the 2007 election, largely replacing the abolished district of Port Jackson.
[edit] Members for Balmain
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[edit] External links
- Balmain Electoral District. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
