Electoral results for the district of Balmain North

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Balmain North, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

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Members

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Bill Wilks Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   John Storey Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Balmain North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Storey 92242.4
Liberal Reform Gilbert Murdoch50523.2-28.4
Progressive Alexander Milne41118.9+0.2
Independent Liberal William Ward27712.7
Total formal votes2,17799.5-
Informal votes120.6-
Turnout 2,18965.8+3.7
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was Bill Wilks (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Dalley which included Balmain.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Bill Wilks 96551.6
Independent Federalist Alexander Milne55629.7
National Federal Leonard Green35018.7
Total formal votes1,87199.4
Informal votes110.6
Turnout 1,88262.1
Free Trade hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Bill Wilks 1,05565.4
Protectionist Alexander Milne52332.4
Ind. Free Trade Frank Smith 362.2
Total formal votes1,61499.5
Informal votes90.6
Turnout 1,62362.3
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Bill Wilks 99945.1
Protectionist William Murphy 61827.9
Labour Samuel Kirby34015.4
Ind. Free Trade James Wheeler25811.7
Total formal votes2,21599.0
Informal votes221.0
Turnout 2,23784.2
Free Trade win(new seat)


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References

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  2. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1898 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1895 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1894 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.