Electoral results for the district of South Sydney

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South Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1880   George Carter None  John Davies None  William Poole None  George Withers None
1882   John Harris None  Joseph Olliffe None
1885   James Toohey None  John Davies None  Archibald Forsyth None
1887   Protectionist   Bernhard Wise Free Trade   George Withers Free Trade   Alban Riley Free Trade
1887 by
1889   William Traill Protectionist   Walter Edmunds Protectionist   James Martin Free Trade
1891   Bernhard Wise Free Trade
1893 by   William Manning Protectionist

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1893 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1893 South Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1893 South Sydney by-election
Monday 13 February  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist William Manning (elected)1,98541.7
Free Trade Edward Foxall 1,96241.2
Labor Frederick Flowers 81417.1
Total formal votes4,76198.7
Informal votes641.3
Turnout 4,82548.9  [lower-alpha 1]
Protectionist hold 
James Toohey (Protectionist) resigned. [4]

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[ edit ]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Wednesday 17 June  [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist William Traill (re-elected 1)2,91712.0
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (elected 2)2,80811.5
Free Trade James Martin (re-elected 3)2,72911.2
Protectionist James Toohey (re-elected 4)2,66210.9
Protectionist Walter Edmunds (defeated)2,55310.5
Protectionist George Dibbs 2,51010.3
Free Trade Edward Foxall 2,2379.2
Free Trade John McDonagh2,1368.8
Labor Frederick Flowers 2,0178.3
Labor W Higgs1,8057.4
Total formal votes24,37499.3
Informal votes1790.7
Turnout 6,75468.5
  Protectionist hold 2 
  Free Trade hold 1, gain 1 from Protectionist

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[ edit ]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Saturday 2 February  [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist William Traill (elected 1)3,03613.0
Protectionist Walter Edmunds (elected 2)2,99612.9
Protectionist James Toohey (re-elected 3)2,93412.6
Free Trade James Martin (elected 4)2,91812.5
Protectionist John Wright2,91212.5
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (defeated)2,89912.4
Free Trade Alban Riley (defeated)2,82412.1
Free Trade George Pile2,80512.0
Total formal votes23,32499.9
Informal votes350.2
Turnout 5,81960.9
  Protectionist hold 1 and gain 2 from Free Trade  
  Free Trade hold 1

1887 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1887 South Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1887 South Sydney by-election
Saturday 4 June  [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (re-elected)2,61850.4
Protectionist William Traill 2,57849.6
Total formal votes5,19699.1
Informal votes490.9
Turnout 5,24553.9
Free Trade hold 
Bernhard Wise (Free Trade) was appointed Attorney General in the fourth Parkes ministry. [7]

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[ edit ]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Saturday 5 February  [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Alban Riley (elected 1)3,42620.2
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (elected 2)3,06718.1
Free Trade George Withers (elected 3)2,84516.8
Protectionist James Toohey (re-elected 4)1,99911.8
Protectionist John Davies (defeated)1,3948.2
Protectionist Alfred Miller1,3568.0
Protectionist Archibald Forsyth (defeated)1,1106.5
Protectionist Edward Bennett1,0856.4
Independent Michael Simmons6854.0
Total formal votes16,96799.3
Informal votes1260.7
Turnout 6,60268.6

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[ edit ]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Friday 16 October  [9]
CandidateVotes%
John Davies (elected 1)2,44417.0
James Toohey (elected 2)2,30916.1
Joseph Olliffe (re-elected 3)2,08414.5
Archibald Forsyth (elected 4)2,01214.0
George Withers (defeated)1,73812.1
Alfred Miller1,56310.9
Edward O'Sullivan 1,1307.9
William Poole (defeated)7104.9
William Richardson3782.6
Total formal votes14,36898.3
Informal votes2521.7
Turnout 6,26871.9

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[ edit ]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Saturday 2 December  [10]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Olliffe (elected 1)2,67221.7
John Harris (elected 2)2,66921.7
William Poole (re-elected 3)1,94815.8
George Withers (re-elected 4)1,56912.8
Sydney Burdekin (defeated)1,41211.5
John Davies (defeated)1,34510.9
George Carter (defeated)6825.6
Total formal votes12,29798.5
Informal votes1911.5
Turnout 4,71459.6
Sydney Burdekin was a sitting member for Tamworth.

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[ edit ]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Thursday 18 November  [11]
CandidateVotes%
John Davies (re-elected 1)2,70717.3
George Withers (elected 2)2,38915.3
George Carter (elected 3)2,17013.9
William Poole (elected 4)2,15813.8
Joseph Olliffe 2,12513.6
Edward Horden2,11513.6
John Fitzgerald1,0406.7
Alexander Steel7644.9
Aaron Wheeler1440.9
Total formal votes15,61299.2
Informal votes1330.8
Turnout 5,64869.5
 (new seat)
John Davies was a sitting member for East Sydney.

Notes

  1. ↑ estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,862 at the 1891 election. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1893 South Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1891 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1889 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1887 South Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1887 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1885 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1882 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1880 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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