Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Pyrmont

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Sydney-Pyrmont, 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]

Election Member Party
1894   Thomas Davis Labour
1895
1898   Samuel Smith Labour
1901
1902 by   John McNeill Labour

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1902 by-election[edit]

1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election
Saturday 24 May [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McNeill (elected) 875 68.2 -24.1
Independent Labor Andrew Cochrane 370 28.8
Progressive Thomas Gollan 25 1.9
Independent John Behan 13 1.0
Total formal votes 1,283 98.5 -0.3
Informal votes 19 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 1,302 55.3 [a] +8.4
Labour hold  
Sam Smith (Labour) resigned.[4]

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Pyrmont[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Smith 1,008 92.3 +39.5
Independent Liberal John Sergeant 84 7.7
Total formal votes 1,092 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 13 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 1,105 46.9 -11.8
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Smith 616 52.8
National Federal Daniel O'Connor 383 32.8
Independent John Carter 152 13.0
Ind. Free Trade Frederick Marshall 16 1.4
Total formal votes 1,167 99.2
Informal votes 10 0.9
Turnout 1,177 58.7
Labour hold  

1895[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Davis 477 47.6
Ind. Free Trade John Carter 374 37.3
Ind. Protectionist Cyrus Fuller 141 14.1
Independent Thomas Houghton 5 0.5
Ind. Protectionist George Perry 5 0.5
Total formal votes 1,002 97.9
Informal votes 22 2.2
Turnout 1,024 59.4
Labour hold  

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Davis 716 52.2
Free Trade John Carter 394 28.7
Ind. Protectionist Cyrus Fuller 197 14.4
Ind. Free Trade George Landers 64 4.7
Total formal votes 1,371 98.6
Informal votes 19 1.4
Turnout 1,390 80.4
Labour win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ based on a roll of 2,356 at the 1901 election.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  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.
  4. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.