Electoral results for the district of Waterloo

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Waterloo, 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 Anderson Ind. Free Trade
1895   Free Trade
1898
1901   Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Waterloo [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform George Anderson 1,12550.9+0.8
Labour Ernest Banner1,02646.5+25.9
Socialist Labor James Morrish 522.4
Independent Henry Maynard60.3-0.3
Total formal votes2,20999.5+0.3
Informal votes110.5-0.3
Turnout 2,22065.2+2.4
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Waterloo [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Anderson 87250.2
National Federal William Martin49928.7
Labour Frederick Flowers 35720.5
Independent Henry Maynard90.5
Independent Edward Sweeney10.1
Total formal votes1,73899.2
Informal votes140.8
Turnout 1,75262.8
Free Trade hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Waterloo [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Anderson 79946.8
Labour Ernest Banner47127.6
Protectionist John Norton 43725.6
Total formal votes1,70799.7
Informal votes50.3
Turnout 1,71272.5
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Waterloo [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Free Trade George Anderson 77737.6
Labour Ernest Banner72435.0
Protectionist William Sharp 25812.5
Free Trade George Taylor1858.9
Ind. Protectionist John Navin1256.0
Total formal votes2,06999.2
Informal votes170.8
Turnout 2,08686.8
Ind. Free Trade win(new seat)

Notes

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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 1 November 2020.
    3. "Mr George Anderson (1844-1919)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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