Electoral district of Newtown-Erskine

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Newtown-Erskine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Newtown and named after the inner Sydney suburb of Erskineville or George Erskine, a Wesleyan minister, after whom it was named. Along with Newtown-St Peters, it was partly replaced by a recreated Newtown in 1904.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Newtown-Erskine

Member		Party	Term
	Edmund Molesworth	Free Trade	1894–1901
	Robert Hollis	Labor	1901–1904

Election results

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-Erskine ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Hollis	921	49.7
	Liberal Reform	Edmund Molesworth	886	47.8	−13.5
	Independent Liberal	Leopold Bertram	46	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			1,853	99.3	−0.5
Informal votes			14	0.8	+0.5
Turnout			1,867	61.0	+1.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

References

↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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[Green_Newtown-Erskine-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Newtown-Erskine-4] Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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Electoral district of Newtown-Erskine

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Members for Newtown-Erskine

Election results

References