Electoral district of Glebe

Glebe or The Glebe was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, partly replacing Sydney Hamlets, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Glebe. It elected one member from 1859 to 1885 and two members from 1885 to 1894. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Balmain. Glebe was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1941.

Members for Glebe

Single-member (1859–1885)
Member		Party	Term
	John Campbell	None	1859–1860
	Thomas Smart	None	1860–1869
	Sir George Allen	None	1869–1883
	Michael Chapman	None	1883–1885
Two members (1885–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Meeks	None	1885–1887		William Wilkinson	None	1885–1887
	Michael Chapman	Free Trade	1887–1891			Free Trade	1887–1889
					Bruce Smith	Free Trade	1889–1894
	Thomas Houghton	Labour	1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	James Hogue	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1910
	Tom Keegan	Labor	1910–1920
Single-member (1927–1941)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Keegan	Labor	1927–1935
	Bill Carlton	Labor	1935–1941

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Glebe

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Glebe.[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Glebe 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Carlton	7,023	46.0	−13.0
	Industrial Labor	Horace Foley	6,218	40.7	+40.7
	Independent	Bertie Lewis	2,021	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			15,262	96.8	−1.0
Informal votes			500	3.2	+1.0
Turnout			15,762	95.9	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Carlton	7,899	51.8
	Industrial Labor	Horace Foley	7,363	48.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A