Electoral district of Cumberland (New South Wales)

Cumberland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in outer western Sydney named after Cumberland County. It was created as a three-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Camden and Hawkesbury. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Hawkesbury, Nepean, and parts of Bankstown, Lakemba and Hornsby.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Cumberland

	Party	Term		Party	Term		Party	Term
Voltaire Molesworth ^[4]	Labor	1920–1925	Bruce Walker ^[5]	Nationalist	1920–1927	Ernest Carr ^[6]	Nationalist	1920–1922
Voltaire Molesworth ^[4]	Labor	1920–1925				William FitzSimons ^[7]	Nationalist	1922–1926
James McGirr ^[8]	Labor	1925–1927				William FitzSimons ^[7]	Nationalist	1922–1926
James McGirr ^[8]	Labor	1925–1927				James Shand ^[9]	Nationalist	1926–1927

1925 New South Wales state election: Cumberland ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,885
	Nationalist	William FitzSimons (elected 1)	8,959	28.4	+2.6
	Nationalist	Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2)	7,989	25.3	+2.3
	Nationalist	James Shand	4,010	12.7	+12.7
	Labor	James McGirr (elected 3)	7,102	22.5	-3.1
	Labor	Robert Bingham	1,621	5.1	+5.1
	Progressive	Reginald Harris	826	2.6	+2.6
	Progressive	Aaron Morris	121	0.4	+0.4
	Progressive	Arthur Upchurch	47	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Ernest Carr	330	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	John Allaburton	124	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			31,537	97.3	+0.3
Informal votes			882	2.7	-0.3
Turnout			32,419	68.9	-1.1
Party total votes
	Nationalist		20,958	66.4	-4.9
	Labor		9,131	29.0	+2.9
	Progressive		994	3.2	+0.6
	Independent	Ernest Carr	330	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	John Allaburton	124	0.4	+0.4