Northumberland was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1913, in the Newcastle area and named after Northumberland County. It elected two members simultaneously between 1880 and 1887 and three members between 1887 and 1894. Voters cast a vote for each vacancy and the leading candidates were elected.
Members for Northumberland Single-member (1859–1880) Member Party Term Alexander Scott None 1859–1860 Thomas Lewis None 1860–1862 Atkinson Tighe None 1862–1869 William Brookes None 1869–1872 James Hannell None 1872–1874 Charles Stevens None 1874–1877 William Turner None 1877–1877 Thomas Hungerford None 1877–1880 Ninian Melville None 1880–1880 Two members (1880–1887) Member Party Term Member Party Term Ninian Melville None1880–1887 William Turner None 1880–1881 Thomas Hungerford None 1882–1882 Atkinson Tighe None 1882–1884 Richard Luscombe None 1884–1885 Joseph Creer None 1885–1887 Three members (1887–1894)Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Ninian Melville 1887–1894 Joseph Creer 1887–1889 Thomas Walker 1887–1894 1889–1891 Alfred Edden 1891–1894 Single-member (1894–1913) Member Party Term Richard Stevenson 1894–1895 Henry Wheeler 1895–1898 Richard Stevenson 1898–1899 John Norton 1899–1904 Matthew Charlton 1904–1910 William Kearsley 1910–1913
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