Electoral district of Durham
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Durham (disambiguation) § Electoral districts.
Durham was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Durham County, which lies on the north side of the Hunter River. From 1856 to 1859, it elected three members simultaneously by voters casting three votes with the three leading candidates being elected. It was abolished in 1859 with the county being split between the districts of Hunter, Lower Hunter, Upper Hunter, Morpeth, Paterson, Patrick's Plains and Williams.[1]
It was recreated in 1880, replacing parts of Paterson and Williams, as a single-member electorate. It was abolished in 1920.[2][3][4]