Electoral district of Armidale

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Armadale.

Armidale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing New England, and named after and including Armidale. 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.[1]

Members for Armidale

First incarnation (1894–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  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
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1981)
MemberPartyTerm
  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
  National Country 1975–1978
  Bill McCarthy Labor 1978–1981

References

  1. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2007-04-04.


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