title: Electoral district of Cumberland (New South Wales)
text: # 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.
  
  ## Members for Cumberland
  
  | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Voltaire Molesworth | Labor | 1920–1925 | Bruce Walker | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Ernest Carr | Nationalist | 1920–1922 |
  | Voltaire Molesworth | Labor | 1920–1925 | Bruce Walker | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | William FitzSimons | Nationalist | 1922–1926 |
  | James McGirr | Labor | 1925–1927 | Bruce Walker | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | William FitzSimons | Nationalist | 1922–1926 |
  | James McGirr | Labor | 1925–1927 | Bruce Walker | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | James Shand | Nationalist | 1926–1927 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  1925 New South Wales state election: Cumberland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,537 | 97.3 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 882 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 |
  