Electoral results for the district of Newtown-Camperdown

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Newtown-Camperdown, 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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ElectionMemberParty
1894   Joseph Abbott Free Trade
1895   Francis Cotton Free Trade
1898
1901   James Smith Independent Progressive

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-Camperdown [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Progressive James Smith 75935.1+10.2
Liberal Reform Thomas Probert56226.0-1.3
Independent Liberal William Clegg38217.7
Labour Samuel Heaton27012.5+7.2
Independent Liberal Richard Bellemey1657.6
Socialist Labor Andrew Thomson241.1
Total formal votes2,16299.0+0.5
Informal votes221.0-0.5
Turnout 2,18462.6+0.8
Independent Progressive gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was Francis Cotton (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Camperdown [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Francis Cotton 47127.2
Independent Federalist James Smith 43124.9
Independent Federalist George Spark37421.6
National Federal James Abigail35020.2
Labour Edward Riley 915.3
Independent Federalist Thomas Evans90.5
Independent Mikael Dunn30.2
Total formal votes1,72998.5
Informal votes271.5
Turnout 1,75661.8
Free Trade hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Camperdown [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Francis Cotton 53038.4
Protectionist James Smith 45032.6
Labour Edward Riley 21415.5
Ind. Free Trade Joseph Mitchell 18813.6
Total formal votes1,38298.8
Informal votes171.2
Turnout 1,39961.7
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Camperdown [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Joseph Abbott 85246.7
Labour Benjamin Morgan55430.4
Protectionist James Smith 35519.5
Ind. Free Trade John Cotton633.5
Total formal votes1,82498.3
Informal votes321.7
Turnout 1,85681.7
Free Trade win(new seat)
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Joseph Abbott (Free Trade) was a sitting members for Newtown, while the other three sitting members contested Newtown-St Peters and Newtown-Erskine.

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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 20 September 2020.
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  6. Green, Antony. "1895 Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1894 Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 April 2020.