Electoral results for the district of Rylstone

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Rylstone, 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 Wall Protectionist
1895   John Fitzpatrick Free Trade
1895 by
1898
1901   Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Rylstone.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Rylstone   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Fitzpatrick 93262.5+8.3
Progressive Thomas Arkins55937.5-8.3
Total formal votes1,491100.0+0.7
Informal votes00.0-0.7
Turnout 1,49160.1-4.9
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Rylstone.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Rylstone   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick 75354.2
National Federal Jack FitzGerald 63645.8
Total formal votes1,38999.3
Informal votes100.7
Turnout 1,39965.0
Free Trade hold 

1895 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1895 Rylstone colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1895 Rylstone by-election
Monday 14 October  [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick (elected)65951.4
Protectionist William Wall 60847.5
Independent Labour Thomas Williams   [lower-alpha 1] 141.1
Total formal votes1,28197.9
Informal votes282.1
Turnout 1,30969.6  [lower-alpha 2]
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  
The election for Rylstone in July was declared void. [7]

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Rylstone.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Rylstone   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick 51350.3
Protectionist William Wall 50749.7
Total formal votes1,02099.2
Informal votes80.8
Turnout 1,02854.6
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Rylstone.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Rylstone   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist William Wall 67750.7
Ind. Protectionist James Granter21115.8
Labour Francis Gilbert21015.7
Free Trade J Hill1007.5
Independent Thomas Hungerford 685.1
Ind. Free Trade James Purser574.3
Ind. Free Trade James Taylor131.0
Total formal votes1,33697.3
Informal votes372.7
Turnout 1,37372.3
Protectionist win(new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Thomas Williams withdrew prior to the poll. [8] [9]
  2. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 1,882 at the July 1895 election. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr William Chandos Wall". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Hon. John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick (1862–1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Rylstone". The Maitland Daily Mercury . 15 October 1895. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
  9. ↑ "The Rylstone election". Windsor and Richmond Gazette . 19 October 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
  10. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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