Newcastle, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1894 and from 1904 to the present.
[44] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark).
David Murray had the most votes of the unsuccessful Labor candidates at the 1920 election and took his seat on 30 August 1921.
The member for Newcastle West was Owen Gilbert (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Wickham.
William Grahame regained a seat at the 1891 by-election following the death of James Fletcher (Protectionist).