Electoral results for the district of Surry Hills

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Surry Hills, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1930. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   John Norton Independent
1907 by   Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform
1907   Sir James Graham Liberal Reform
1910   Henry Hoyle Labour
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Arthur Buckley Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[ edit ]
1927 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon 7,53666.1
Nationalist William Adkins3,69432.4
Independent John Salmon1751.5
Total formal votes11,40598.6
Informal votes1641.4
Turnout 11,56976.7
Labor win(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Buckley 3,58565.5-0.1
Nationalist Percy Daly1,55028.3+28.3
Independent Thomas Kohan2725.0+5.0
Independent John Eaton390.7+0.7
Ind. Socialist Labor Ludwig Klausen260.5+0.5
Total formal votes5,47298.8+0.5
Informal votes661.2−0.5
Turnout 5,53847.1−12.9
Labor hold Swing -0.1
The sitting member Henry Hoyle (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription, [6] and did not contest the election.

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills   [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Henry Hoyle 4,71765.6
Independent William Walker2,39333.3
Socialist Labor Ludwig Klausen821.1
Total formal votes7,19298.3
Informal votes1231.7
Turnout 7,31560.0
Labor hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Hoyle 3,71160.4+25.1
Liberal Reform Sir James Graham (defeated)2,39939.0+1.7
Independent John Eaton380.6
Total formal votes6,14897.0+0.7
Informal votes1913.0−0.7
Turnout 6,33967.6−0.8
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Sir James Graham 2,22737.3
Labour John Birt 2,10435.3
Independent Paddy Crick 1,44224.2
Independent George Perry1943.3
Total formal votes5,96796.3
Informal votes2303.7
Turnout 6,19768.4
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  
John Norton (Independent) had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he challenged William Holman to face a by-election and was soundly defeated at the Surry Hills by-election in July 1906, finishing fourth behind Albert Bruntnell (Liberal Reform). At the 1907 general election Bruntnell chose to contest Alexandria but the seat was retained for Liberal Reform by Sir James Graham.

1906 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1906 Surry Hills state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1906 Surry Hills by-election
Saturday 21 July  [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell (elected)1,10930.5-3.8
Independent Dick Meagher 96126.4
Labour Henry Lawton88824.4
Independent John Norton (defeated)67918.7-27.1
Independent James Jones30.1
Total formal votes3,64098.9+0.2
Informal votes401.1−0.2
Turnout 3,68036.2  [lower-alpha 1] −20.8
Liberal Reform gain from Independent Swing
John Norton (Independent) challenged William Holman to resign and both would contest Holman's seat of Cootamundra. [11]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Norton 2,64645.8
Liberal Reform John Charles Waine1,98234.3
Progressive Arthur Nelson 5138.9
Independent Liberal Richard Watkins Richards4037.0
Independent James Henry Lawrence2384.1
Independent James Bernard Black20.0
Total formal votes5,78498.7
Informal votes741.3
Turnout 5,85857.0
Independent win(new seat)
Surry Hills was a new seat consisting of the abolished seat of Sydney-Flinders, which was expanded with part of Randwick and part of the abolished seat of Sydney-Cook. [13] Arthur Nelson (Progressive) was the member for Sydney-Flinders while John Norton (Independent) was the member for Northumberland.

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,172 at the 1904 election. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  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. "1927 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Socialist Labor Party candidates". The People . 13 December 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2020– via Trove.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  11. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1906 Surry Hills by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1904 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  13. ↑ "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News . 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019– via Trove.
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