Electoral district of Newtown-St Peters

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Newtown-St Peters 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 St Peters. Along with Newtown-Erskine, it was partly replaced by a recreated Newtown in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Newtown-St Peters

MemberPartyTerm
  William Rigg Ind. Free Trade 1894–1895
  Free Trade 1895–1901
  James Fallick Independent Liberal 1901–1904

Election results

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-St Peters [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal James Fallick 79035.0
Labour George Clark 77034.2
Liberal Reform William Rigg 66229.4−31.9
Independent David Hayes160.7
Ind. Progressive James Mitchell130.6+0.2
Independent Walter Arnold40.2
Total formal votes2,25599.1+0.2
Informal votes200.9−0.2
Turnout 2,27562.7−0.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-St Peters". 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.
  4. Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 March 2020.