Electoral results for the district of West Sydney

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West Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1859   John Lang None  James Pemell None  John Plunkett None  Thomas Broughton None
1860   William Windeyer None  Daniel Dalgleish None  William Love None
Jan 1863 by   Geoffrey Eagar None
Oct 1863 by
1864   John Darvall None  John Robertson None  Samuel Joseph None
Feb 1865 by
Jul 1865 by   Geoffrey Eagar None
Oct 1865 by
1866 by   William Windeyer None
1868 by   William Campbell None
1869   William Speer None  John Robertson None  Joseph Wearne None
Mar 1870 by
Dec 1870 by
1872   Joseph Raphael None  John Booth None
1874   Henry Dangar None  Angus Cameron None  George Dibbs None
1877 by
1877   John Harris None  Daniel O'Connor None  James Merriman None
1880   William Martin None  Francis Abigail None
1882   George Merriman None
1885   John Young None  Alexander Kethel None
1887   George Merriman Free Trade   Free Trade   Free Trade   Free Trade
1889   Alfred Lamb Free Trade   Thomas Playfair Free Trade
1890 by   Adolphus Taylor Independent
1891   Thomas Davis Labor   George Black Labor   Andrew Kelly Labor   Jack FitzGerald Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Wednesday 17 June [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack FitzGerald (elected 1)4,17415.8
Labour George Black (elected 2)4,07815.4
Labour Andrew Kelly (elected 3)3,79814.3
Labour Thomas Davis (elected 4)2,73010.3
Protectionist John Young 2,6019.8
Free Trade Thomas Playfair (defeated)2,5359.6
Free Trade Daniel O'Connor (defeated)2,4939.4
Free Trade Francis Abigail (defeated)2,3268.8
Free Trade Frederick Woolcott-Waley1,7456.6
Total formal votes26,48099.8
Informal votes660.3
Turnout 7,42868.6
  Labour gain 3 from Free Trade and gain 1 from Independent
Adolphus Taylor (Independent) did not contest the election.

1890 by-election

1890 West Sydney by-election
Wednesday 25 October [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Adolphus Taylor (elected)3,45563.8
Free Trade John Taylor1,96336.2
Total formal votes5,41897.9
Informal votes1162.1
Turnout 5,53451.2
Independent gain from Free Trade  
Alfred Lamb (Free Trade) died. [5]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Saturday 2 February [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Thomas Playfair (elected 1)3,89615.5
Free Trade Daniel O'Connor (elected 2)3,69714.7
Free Trade Francis Abigail (elected 3)3,67814.6
Free Trade Alfred Lamb (elected 4)3,55214.1
Protectionist John Young 2,78811.1
Protectionist Arthur Nelson 2,56610.2
Protectionist Francis Freehill 2,54910.1
Protectionist John Wearne2,4169.6
Total formal votes25,14299.8
Informal votes470.2
Turnout 6,97761.2
  Free Trade hold 4 

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Saturday 5 February [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Francis Abigail (re-elected 1)3,68819.9
Free Trade Alexander Kethel (re-elected 2)3,45018.6
Free Trade George Merriman (elected 3)3,04916.4
Free Trade Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 4)2,98816.1
Protectionist John Young (defeated)2,24612.1
Protectionist Arthur Nelson 1,2126.5
Protectionist William Westman9775.3
Free Trade William Pritchard9725.2
Total formal votes18,58299.0
Informal votes1891.0
Turnout 7,42964.5

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Friday 16 October [8]
CandidateVotes%
Alexander Kethel (elected 1)3,51521.0
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 2)3,05718.3
Francis Abigail (re-elected 3)3,04318.2
John Young (elected 4)2,87017.2
Angus Cameron (defeated)2,38814.3
George Merriman (defeated)1,85311.1
Total formal votes16,72699.2
Informal votes1400.8
Turnout 7,14068.4

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Tuesday 5 December [9]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 1)2,96720.7
George Merriman (elected 2)2,51917.5
Francis Abigail (re-elected 3)2,34016.3
Angus Cameron (re-elected 4)2,17615.2
William Martin (defeated)2,07014.4
Edward O'Sullivan 1,62711.3
Charles Pilcher (defeated)3622.5
Jeremiah Murphy3062.1
Total formal votes14,36798.9
Informal votes1661.1
Turnout 5,41658.1

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Monday 22 November [10]
CandidateVotes%
Angus Cameron (re-elected 1)3,07018.5
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 2)2,68716.2
Francis Abigail (elected 3)2,22613.4
William Martin (elected 4)2,20613.3
John Harris (defeated)2,03312.2
Thomas White1,1977.2
Charles Roberts 1,1096.7
David Buchanan 9996.0
John Harris Snr5713.4
William Roylance5113.1
Total formal votes16,60998.7
Informal votes2161.3
Turnout 5,85866.0
The other sitting member James Merriman did not contest the election. David Buchanan was the sitting member for Mudgee and subsequently regained a seat in that district.

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Thursday 25 October [11]
CandidateVotes%
James Merriman (elected 1)2,92915.9
Angus Cameron (re-elected 2)2,37312.9
Daniel O'Connor (elected 3)2,24912.2
John Harris (elected 4)2,11711.5
Henry Dangar (defeated)2,01010.9
Sir John Robertson (defeated)1,89210.3
Thomas White1,6028.7
George Dibbs (defeated)1,3947.6
Jacob Garrard 6753.7
Benjamin Palmer6273.4
Joseph O'Connor 4042.2
Archibald Hamilton 1110.6
Henry Fisher740.4
Total formal votes18,457100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 6,54264.8

1877 by-election

1877 West Sydney by-election
Monday 27 August [12]
CandidateVotes%
Sir John Robertson (re-elected)1,70354.6
Thomas White1,41445.4
Total formal votes3,11797.0
Informal votes973.0
Turnout 3,21431.8 [lower-alpha 1]
Sir John Robertson was appointed Colonial Secretary forming the fourth Robertson ministry. [12]

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Wednesday 16 December 1874 [13]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (re-elected 1)2,70517.6
George Dibbs (elected 2)2,29415.0
Henry Dangar (elected 3)2,20714.4
Angus Cameron (elected 4)2,12913.9
George Thornton 1,88812.3
Joseph Wearne (defeated)1,74611.4
Joseph O'Connor (defeated)1,65910.8
Walter Cooper (defeated)4362.8
Joseph Raphael (defeated)2671.7
Total formal votes15,331100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 5,57463.0

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Thursday 15 February [14]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Wearne (re-elected 1)2,99720.7
John Booth (elected 2)2,92520.2
John Robertson (re-elected 3)2,05814.2
Joseph Raphael (elected 4)1,96613.6
George Lloyd (defeated)1,78912.4
William Windeyer (defeated)1,51210.4
Robert Campbell7175.0
Samuel Goold3712.6
Richard Dransfield900.6
Henry Fisher640.4
Total formal votes14,489100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 4,85153.1

December 1870 by-election

1870 West Sydney by-election
Friday, 30 December [15]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (re-elected 1)2,53638.7
William Windeyer (re-elected 2)2,39336.6
Joseph O'Connor 1,61724.7
Total formal votes6,546100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 3,21434.8
John Robertson was appointed Colonial Secretary and William Windeyer was appointed Solicitor General in the third Martin ministry. [15]

March 1870 by-election

1870 West Sydney by-election
Wednesday 2 March [16]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (elected)2,48257.4
John Stewart 1,83242.3
Nicholas Eagar120.3
Total formal votes4,326100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 4,32647.7
The by-election was caused by the resignation of John Robertson due to financial difficulties. [16]

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Thursday 9 December 1869 [17]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Wearne (elected 1)2,97717.8
John Robertson (re-elected 2)2,82917.0
William Windeyer (re-elected 3)2,73916.4
William Speer (elected 4)2,66416.0
William Campbell (defeated)2,60215.6
Geoffrey Eagar (defeated)2,35314.1
Alexander Richardson5263.2
Total formal votes16,690100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 5,17257.1

1868 by-election

1868 West Sydney by-election
Tuesday 15 December [18]
CandidateVotes%
William Campbell (elected)2,17552.2
Joseph Wearne 1,98247.5
Richard Dransfield130.3
Total formal votes4,170100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 4,17048.6
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Samuel Joseph who had traveled to Europe. [18]

1866 by-election

1866 West Sydney by-election
Wednesday 17 January [19]
CandidateVotes%
William Windeyer (elected)86952.4
John Robertson (defeated)78947.6
Total formal votes1,658100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,65821.2
John Robertson was re-appointed Secretary for Lands in the fourth Cowper ministry. [19]

October 1865 by-election

1865 West Sydney by-election
Wednesday 18 October [20]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (elected)unopposed 
John Robertson resigned due to financial difficulties. [20]

July 1865 by-election

1865 West Sydney by-election
Friday 7 July [21]
CandidateVotes%
Geoffrey Eagar (elected)1,31453.8
William Love 1,13046.2
Total formal votes2,444100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,44431.3
John Darvall resigned to return to England. [21]

February 1865 by-election

1865 West Sydney by-election
Saturday 18 February [22]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (re-elected 1)1,11340.2
John Darvall (re-elected 2)1,03337.4
Daniel Dalgleish 62022.4
Total formal votes2,766100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,38318.7 [lower-alpha 2]
John Darvall was appointed Attorney General, [24] and John Robertson was appointed Secretary for Lands in the fourth Cowper ministry. [22]

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Thursday 24 November 1864 [25]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (re-elected 1)2,27018.3
John Lang (re-elected 2)2,24818.1
Samuel Joseph (elected 3)2,18317.6
John Darvall (re-elected 4)2,01216.2
Geoffrey Eagar (defeated)1,47311.9
Daniel Dalgleish (defeated)1,1879.6
William Love (defeated)6625.3
James Murphy 3733.0
Total formal votes12,408100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 4,05654.9

October 1863 by-election

October 1863 West Sydney by-election
Friday 30 October [26] [27] [28]
CandidateVotes%
Geoffrey Eagar (re-elected)88395.9
Jabez Bunting384.1
Total formal votes921100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 92112.9
Geoffrey Eagar had been appointed Colonial Treasurer in the first Martin ministry. [26]

January 1863 by-election

January 1863 West Sydney by-election
Thursday 8 January [29]
CandidateVotes%
Geoffrey Eagar (elected)1,31548.7
William Speer 1,20244.5
William Moffatt1846.8
Total formal votes2,701100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,70141.8
William Windeyer resigned. [29]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Wednesday 12 December [30]
CandidateVotes%
John Lang (re-elected 1)1,75116.4
William Windeyer (re-elected 2)1,72516.1
William Love (elected 3)1,53814.4
Daniel Dalgleish (elected 4)1,42613.3
John Plunkett (defeated)1,30312.2
James Martin 1,11110.4
Robert Tooth 8377.8
J G White4854.5
William Dalley 2152.0
Thomas Broughton (defeated)2152.0
Julius Berncastle 940.9
Total formal votes10,700100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 3,34754.1

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Tuesday 14 June [31]
CandidateVotes%
John Lang (elected 1)2,14819.7
James Pemell (elected 2)1,95717.9
Thomas Broughton (elected 3)1,79916.5
John Plunkett (re-elected 4)1,74416.0
Robert Stewart 1,66815.3
Daniel Deniehy (defeated)1,45013.3
Thomas Duigan1431.3
Total formal votes10,909100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 3,66157.0

Notes

  1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,097 at October 1877. [11]
  2. Antony Green's estimate is based on based on each person voting for two candidates. [22] If the 620 people who voted for Dalgleish had plumped for him, as claimed at the declaration of the poll, [23] the turnout would have been around 1,733, 23%.

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