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Electoral district of Alma

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State
  
New South Wales

Abolished
  
1904

Date dissolved
  
1904

Created
  
1894

Founded
  
1894

Namesake
  
South Broken Hill, New South Wales

Alma was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904, named after Alma, a locality in southern Broken Hill, now known as South Broken Hill.

Members for Alma

Josiah Thomas easily won the seat for Labor at the 1894 election, was elected unopposed following year and increased his majority at the 1898 election. Thomas entered federal politics by the winning the seat of Barrier at the first Commonwealth election. William Williams succeeded Thomas after narrowing defeating Jabez Wright in the 1901 election.

References

Electoral district of Alma Wikipedia