Electoral district of St George

St George was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the St George district. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished, and the four member Canterbury was largely divided between Ashfield, Burwood, Canterbury, Petersham and St George. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, St George was expanded to a five-member district, absorbing the electoral districts of Canterbury and Hurstville. Proportional representation was abolished in 1927, and St George was divided into the single member electorates of St George, Canterbury, Hurstville, Oatley and Rockdale. St George was abolished in 1930, being partly replaced by Arncliffe.

Members for St George

Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Carruthers	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1908
	William Taylor	Liberal Reform	1908–1913
	William Bagnall	Labor	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Five members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Bagnall	Nationalist	1920–1925		George Cann	Labor	1920–1927		Mark Gosling	Labor	1920–1927		Thomas Ley	Progressive	1920–1922		Guy Arkins	Nationalist	1920–1927
														Nationalist	1922–1925
	Joseph Cahill	Labor	1925–1927
													William Bagnall	Nationalist	1925–1927
Single-member (1927–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Cahill	Labor	1927–1930

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § St George.edit

1927 New South Wales state election: St George 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	8,137	55.9
	Nationalist	James Morrish	6,430	44.1
Total formal votes			14,567	99.1
Informal votes			138	0.9
Turnout			14,705	86.9
	Labor win		(new seat)