Electoral results for the district of Newtown-St Peters

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Newtown-St Peters, 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] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   William Rigg Ind. Free Trade
1895   Free Trade
1898
1901   James Fallick Independent Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-St Peters [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal James Fallick 79035.0
Labour George Clark 77034.2
Liberal Reform William Rigg 66229.4-31.9
Independent David Hayes160.7
Independent 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  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Rigg 1,03161.3
National Federal George Edwards 62837.3
Independent William Sherley120.7
Independent Federalist James Mitchell70.4
Independent Federalist Ernest Dent50.3
Independent Federalist George, St George00.0
Total formal votes1,68398.9
Informal votes191.1
Turnout 1,70263.3
Free Trade hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Rigg 92062.0
Labour Frederick Flowers 34223.0
Protectionist Herbert Shaw1419.5
Ind. Free Trade Ernest Guile765.1
Independent Archibald McKechnie40.3
Independent James Onan20.1
Total formal votes1,48598.6
Informal votes211.4
Turnout 1,50665.8
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Free Trade William Rigg 87043.6
Ind. Free Trade Francis Cotton 50725.4
Labour Thomas Beasley46223.2
Protectionist John Bowes 1557.8
Total formal votes1,99499.3
Informal votes140.7
Turnout 2,00886.0
Ind. Free Trade win(new seat)
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Francis Cotton (Labour) was a sitting member for Newtown. The other three sitting members for Newtown contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. William Rigg (Independent Free Trade) was the Mayor of Newtown. John Bowes (Protectionist) was the sitting member for the abolished seat of Morpeth.

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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. "1898 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1895 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1894 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 April 2020.