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Electoral district of Alma
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
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
.