Electoral results for the district of Sydney-King

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Sydney-King, 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   George Reid Free Trade
1894 by
1895
1898
1901   Ernest Broughton Progressive

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-King.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-King   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Ernest Broughton 55037.6-8.3
Liberal Reform Thomas Hughes 53236.3-17.3
Independent Alexander Wilson 15010.3
Independent Ernest Thompson1288.7
Independent Liberal Fred Walsh916.2
Independent David Fealy90.6
Independent Liberal Vincent Taylor40.3
Total formal votes1,46499.0-0.3
Informal votes151.0+0.3
Turnout 1,47953.0-1.1
Progressive gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was George Reid (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of East Sydney.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-King.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Reid 76153.6
National Federal Edmund Barton 65145.9
Independent Robert Reid80.6
Total formal votes1,42099.3
Informal votes100.7
Turnout 1,43054.0
Free Trade hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-King.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Reid 61056.1
Independent Henry Parkes 47843.9
Total formal votes1,08899.5
Informal votes50.5
Turnout 1,09359.2
Free Trade hold 

1894 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1894 Sydney-King colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1894 Sydney-King by-election
Saturday 11 August  [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Reid (re-elected)80180.3+19.4
Independent Adolphus Taylor 19019.0
Independent Harry Foran60.6
Total formal votes99799.4+1.0
Informal votes60.6-1.0
Turnout 1,00353.0  [lower-alpha 1] -19.3
Free Trade hold 
George Reid (Free Trade) was appointed Premier and Colonial Treasurer, forming the Reid ministry. [7]

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-King.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Reid 81960.9
Labour George Reeve34725.8
Protectionist John Gannon16412.2
Ind. Free Trade Ivan Henry120.9
Ind. Free Trade William Maguire40.3
Total formal votes1,34698.4
Informal votes221.6
Turnout 1,36872.3
Free Trade win(new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 1,892 at the 1894 election. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  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.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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