Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Flinders

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Sydney-Flinders, 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   Bernhard Wise Free Trade
1895   Arthur Nelson Protectionist
1898
1901   Progressive

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Flinders [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Arthur Nelson 60134.9-13.2
Liberal Reform John Waine59834.8-3.2
Independent Progressive Ernest Gardner19111.1+2.1
Independent Liberal Hezekiah Evers1247.2
Independent Progressive James Lawrence1247.2
Labour Frederick Sommerhoff824.8-0.0
Total formal votes1,72099.2+0.2
Informal votes140.8-0.2
Turnout 1,73475.8+23.4
Progressive hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal Arthur Nelson 54348.2
Free Trade John Dobbie42838.0
Independent Federalist Ernest Gardner1029.1
Labour Robert Cropley544.8
Independent William Gocher 00.0
Total formal votes1,12799.0
Informal votes121.1
Turnout 1,13952.4
National Federal hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Arthur Nelson 33332.1
Independent Bernhard Wise (defeated)29628.6
Free Trade John Waine27826.8
Labour John Buckley11811.4
Ind. Free Trade Eden George 111.1
Total formal votes1,03698.7
Informal votes141.3
Turnout 1,05058.4
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Bernhard Wise 65645.8
Labour John Dobbie37926.5
Protectionist William Kippax28620.0
Ind. Free Trade Joseph Olliffe 775.4
Ind. Protectionist Leighton Kesteven342.4
Total formal votes1,43298.7
Informal votes191.3
Turnout 1,45179.0
Free Trade win(new seat)

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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 27 October 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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  6. Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Flinders". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Flinders". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.