Talk:Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales)

Cook the first Labour member?
I raised this question at Talk:Australian Labor Party back in February, but nobody's responded, so I'll try here.

There was an election in NSW in 1891, at which 35 of 141 seats were won by Labour candidates. Could any single one of the candidates be said to be "the first Labour member"? Wouldn't all 35 terms have commenced from election day? Why was Hartley given the honour of "the first"? Maybe Hartley was the first of the 35 seats to be declared. If so, I'm not sure this counts as "first Labour seat" as far as records go. -- JackofOz (talk) 05:37, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the reference. It is verifiably wrong. There were 18 Labor MPs elected 3 days before Cook's election. See sequence of elections for 1891 http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/1891/Sequence.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by AntonyGreen (talk • contribs) 02:49, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've edited out the offending sentence.  --  JackofOz (talk) 04:23, 2 February 2009 (UTC)