Wickham was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the

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n state of

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and named after the

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suburb of Wickham. It was created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished, and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Wickham,

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and

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. The first member was John Fegan () who was one of the members for Newcastle. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of

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and combined with Newcastle. The sitting member William Grahame () unsuccessfully stood as an independent at the 1920 election for Newcastle.

Members for Wickham

Election results

References

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