Electoral results for the district of Balmain

Balmain, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations since it was established in 1880. It expanded from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 members before being abolished in 1894. It was re-established in 1904 returning 1 member until 1920. When multiple member constituencies were established using the Hare-Clark single transferable vote in 1920, Balmain returned 5 members. It had a single member from 1927 when the state returned to single member electorates. It was abolished in 1991 and largely replaced by Port Jackson which included the Sydney CBD. It was re-established in 2007 when Port Jackson was abolished.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Election	Member		Party
1880		Jacob Garrard	None	Member		Party
1882					William Hutchinson	None	Member		Party
1885					Solomon Hyam	None		John Hawthorne	None
1887			Free Trade		Frank Smith	Free Trade			Free Trade	Member		Party
1889											George Clubb	Free Trade
1890 by											George Clubb	Free Trade
1891		George Clark	Labour / Free Trade		Edward Darnley	Labour		James Johnston	Labour		William Murphy	Labour

Election	Member		Party
1904		Walter Anderson	Liberal Reform
1907		John Storey	Labor
1910
1913
1917				Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1920					John Doyle	Labor		Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor		John Quirk	Labor		Albert Smith	Nationalist
1921 Appt		Tom Keegan	Labor		John Doyle	Labor								Albert Smith	Nationalist
1922					Robert Stopford	Nationalist								Albert Lane	Nationalist
1925					H. V. Evatt	Labor								Albert Lane	Nationalist
1927		H. V. Evatt	Labor
1930		John Quirk	Labor
1932			Labor (NSW)
1935			Labor (NSW)
1938			Labor
1939 by		Mary Quirk	Labor / Labor (N-C)
1941			Labor
1944			Labor
1947			Labor / Independent Labor
1950		John McMahon	Labor
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968		Roger Degen	Labor
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984		Peter Crawford	Labor
1988		Dawn Fraser	Independent

Election	Member		Party
2007		Verity Firth	Labor
2011		Jamie Parker	Greens
2015
2019
2023		Kobi Shetty	Greens

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

2023 New South Wales state election: Balmain^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Kobi Shetty	20,240	40.48	−2.25
	Labor	Philippa Scott	18,555	37.11	+8.25
	Liberal	Freya Leach	9,566	19.13	−0.90
	Sustainable Australia	Stephen Bisgrove	1,189	2.38	+0.84
	Public Education	Glen Stelzer	447	0.89	+0.89
Total formal votes			49,997	98.39	−0.05
Informal votes			820	1.61	+0.05
Turnout			50,817	86.45	−0.28
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Philippa Scott	32,752	74.50	+4.05
	Liberal	Freya Leach	11,208	25.50	−4.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Kobi Shetty	22,118	51.80	−8.22
	Labor	Philippa Scott	20,580	48.20	+8.22
	Greens hold		Swing	−8.22

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Jamie Parker	21,065	42.73	+5.34
	Labor	Elly Howse	14,227	28.86	−2.94
	Liberal	Wenjie (Ben) Zhang	9,875	20.03	−4.85
	Keep Sydney Open	Emilia Leonetti	2,268	4.60	+4.60
	Animal Justice	Anita Finlayson	1,103	2.24	+0.29
	Sustainable Australia	Angela Dunnett	761	1.54	+1.54
Total formal votes			49,299	98.44	+0.52
Informal votes			781	1.56	−0.52
Turnout			50,080	86.73	−1.60
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Elly Howse	28,127	70.45	+4.70
	Liberal	Wenjie (Ben) Zhang	11,795	29.55	−4.70
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jamie Parker	24,074	60.02	+5.29
	Labor	Elly Howse	16,037	39.98	−5.29
	Greens hold		Swing	+5.29

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Jamie Parker	17,556	37.4	+6.3
	Labor	Verity Firth	14,930	31.8	+1.9
	Liberal	Lyndon Gannon	11,682	24.9	−5.8
	Cyclists	Patrick Fogarty	951	2.0	+2.0
	Animal Justice	Michelle Nielsen	913	1.9	+1.9
	No Land Tax	Gordon Brown	527	1.1	+1.1
	Christian Democrats	Rhonda Avasalu	393	0.8	−0.1
Total formal votes			46,952	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			999	2.1	−0.8
Turnout			47,951	88.3	+2.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Verity Firth	25,840	65.8	+11.1
	Liberal	Lyndon Gannon	13,456	34.2	−11.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jamie Parker	20,019	54.7	+4.3
	Labor	Verity Firth	16,557	45.3	−4.3
	Greens hold		Swing	+4.3

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Balmain^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Falk	14,860	32.6	+8.8
	Greens	Jamie Parker	14,019	30.7	+1.2
	Labor	Verity Firth	13,765	30.2	−9.1
	Independent	Maire Sheehan	1,375	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Jane Ward	681	1.5	−1.6
	Christian Democrats	Leeanne Gesling	426	0.9	+0.9
	Independent Protectionist	Nicholas Folkes	289	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Jon Shapiro	223	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,638	97.5	+0.1
Informal votes			1,149	2.5	−0.1
Turnout			46,787	90.2	+0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Verity Firth	19,392	53.5	−14.3
	Liberal	James Falk	16,850	46.5	+14.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jamie Parker	19,141	53.5	+7.2
	Liberal	James Falk	16,664	46.5	+46.5
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Verity Firth	16,562	39.2	−2.9
	Greens	Rochelle Porteous	12,471	29.5	+0.2
	Liberal	Peter Shmigel	10,031	23.8	+2.7
	Independent	Jane Ward	1,297	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Jane Hyde	987	2.3	+2.3
	Democrats	Edward Okulicz	881	2.1	−0.3
Total formal votes			42,229	97.5	−0.1
Informal votes			1,088	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			43,317	89.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Verity Firth	24,566	67.8	+0.2
	Liberal	Peter Shmigel	11,659	32.2	−0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Verity Firth	17,933	53.7	−3.4
	Greens	Rochelle Porteous	15,431	46.3	+3.4
	Labor notional hold		Swing	−3.4

1991 - 2007

District abolished

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Crawford	11,071	39.3	−21.5
	Independent	Dawn Fraser	6,381	22.6	+22.6
	Liberal	Geoffrey Courtney	5,383	19.1	−4.6
	Community Independents	Larry Hand	2,422	8.6	+8.6
	Independent	Jane Ward	1,990	7.1	+7.1
	Democrats	William Cole	558	2.0	−5.4
	Independent	Patricia Webster	370	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			28,175	96.3	+0.2
Informal votes			1,091	3.7	−0.2
Turnout			29,266	89.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dawn Fraser	13,440	51.7	+51.7
	Labor	Peter Crawford	12,576	48.3	−21.0
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+51.7

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Crawford	15,158	60.7	+1.5
	Liberal	Gibson Bennie	6,003	24.0	+9.4
	Socialist Labour	Noel Hazard	2,061	8.3	+5.5
	Democrats	Karen McEwan	1,763	7.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			24,985	96.1	+0.7
Informal votes			1,025	3.9	−0.7
Turnout			26,010	89.0	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Crawford		69.0	−12.0
	Liberal	Gibson Bennie		31.0	+12.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.0

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	14,444	59.2	−15.1
	Liberal	Dianne Street	3,553	14.6	+0.3
	Independent	Douglas Spedding	3,162	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Franco Paisio	1,712	7.0	+7.0
	Communist	Denis Freney	849	3.5	−0.5
	Socialist	James Donovan	676	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			24,396	95.4
Informal votes			1,167	4.6
Turnout			25,563	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,044	81.0	−3.2
	Liberal	Dianne Street	4,453	18.9	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	20,289	74.3	+7.0
	Liberal	Ivor Balmain	3,906	14.3	−10.4
	Socialist Workers	Lynda Boland	2,030	7.4	+3.9
	Communist	Brian Aarons	1,102	4.0	+1.6
Total formal votes			27,327	96.4	−0.6
Informal votes			1,006	3.6	+0.6
Turnout			28,333	88.4	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	23,014	84.2	+10.0
	Liberal	Ivor Balmain	4,313	15.8	−10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,204	67.3	−1.9
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,054	24.7	+24.7
	Socialist Workers	Juanita Keig	1,002	3.5	+3.5
	Communist	Peter Cockroft	680	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Donald Henderson	615	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			28,555	97.0	+2.4
Informal votes			875	3.0	−2.4
Turnout			29,430	89.2	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	21,188	74.2	−2.3
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,367	25.8	+25.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	18,013	69.2	−3.8
	Democratic Labor	Gary Doherty	4,196	16.1	+16.1
	Australia	Rosemary Smith	3,839	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			26,048	94.6
Informal votes			1,476	5.4
Turnout			27,524	89.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,933	76.5	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	Gary Doherty	6,115	23.5	+23.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	17,358	73.0	+23.0
	Liberal	Robert Ward	6,423	27.0	+3.2
Total formal votes			23,781	95.9
Informal votes			1,021	4.1
Turnout			24,802	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	12,974	50.0	−14.5
	Independent	Nick Origlass	6,794	26.2	+26.2
	Liberal	Peter Middleton	6,174	23.8	−4.5
Total formal votes			25,942	96.5
Informal votes			950	3.5
Turnout			26,892	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	17,928	69.1	−1.2
	Liberal	Peter Middleton	8,014	30.9	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and Independent candidates for Balmain.

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	13,689	64.5	−9.5
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	5,992	28.2	+6.9
	Communist	Harry Black	1,530	7.2	+2.5
Total formal votes			21,211	96.9	−0.8
Informal votes			682	3.1	+0.8
Turnout			21,893	94.0	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	14,913	70.3	−7.4
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	6,298	29.7	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	16,245	74.0	+3.6
	Liberal	Winston Pickering	4,679	21.3	−2.1
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,030	4.7	−1.5
Total formal votes			21,954	97.7
Informal votes			519	2.3
Turnout			22,473	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	17,069	77.7	+2.4
	Liberal	Winston Pickering	4,885	22.3	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McMahon	15,216	70.4
	Liberal	Sabina Greenman	5,067	23.4
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,328	6.2
Total formal votes			21,611	97.7
Informal votes			511	2.3
Turnout			22,122	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	16,278	75.3
	Liberal	Sabina Greenman	5,333	24.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	14,613	67.3	−11.8
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	5,643	26.0	+26.0
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,461	6.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			21,717	98.3	+2.1
Informal votes			384	1.7	−2.1
Turnout			22,101	92.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	15,928	75.3	−7.0
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	5,789	24.7	+24.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McMahon	17,887	79.1
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,267	14.5
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,459	6.4
Total formal votes			22,613	96.2
Informal votes			892	3.8
Turnout			23,505	92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	18,617	82.3
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,996	17.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McMahon	11,568	59.1
	Liberal	Frederick Mann	4,068	20.8
	Independent Labor	Mary Quirk	2,434	12.4
	Communist	Thomas Dowling	1,063	5.4
	Independent	Malinda Ivey	457	2.3
Total formal votes			19,590	97.5
Informal votes			499	2.5
Turnout			20,089	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon		73.0 ^[a]
	Liberal	Frederick Mann		27.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Mary Quirk was the sitting Labor member, however she was defeated for pre-selection by John McMahon.

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mary Quirk	11,229	55.8	−2.5
	Liberal	Eddington Sherwood	3,667	18.2	+4.7
	Independent	Ronald Sarina	2,089	10.4	+10.4
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,788	8.9	−19.3
	Independent	Malinda Ivey	1,340	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			20,113	96.2	−0.5
Informal votes			783	3.8	+0.5
Turnout			20,896	95.6	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mary Quirk	10,729	58.3	−2.3
	Communist	Stanley Moran	5,186	28.2	+28.2
	Democratic	Malinda Ivey	2,480	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			18,395	96.7	+1.5
Informal votes			618	3.3	−1.5
Turnout			19,013	93.2	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Mary Quirk	11,427	60.6
	State Labor	Walter Evans	4,879	25.9
	Independent	Malinda Ivey	1,138	6.0
	Independent	Leslie Shiels	732	3.9
	Independent Labor	Arthur Doughty	672	3.6
Total formal votes			18,848	95.2
Informal votes			946	4.8
Turnout			19,794	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1939 by-election

1939 Balmain by-election
Saturday 14 January ^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Mary Quirk	7,656	51.21
	Independent Labor	Sidney Weston	4,336	29.01
	Independent Labor	John O'Carroll	2,957	19.78
Total formal votes			14,949	95.09
Informal votes			772	4.91
Turnout			15,721	90.12
	Labor hold		Swing

John Quirk (Labor) died.^[30]

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Quirk	11,763	72.1	+8.2
	Independent	John O'Carroll	3,089	18.9	+18.9
	Communist	Thomas Payne	1,459	8.9	+3.7
Total formal votes			16,311	95.1	−2.1
Informal votes			844	4.9	+2.1
Turnout			17,155	96.6	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	John Quirk	10,417	63.9	+4.1
	Federal Labor	Allan Howie	5,046	30.9	−2.3
	Communist	Lawrence Sharkey	849	5.2	+2.7
Total formal votes			16,312	97.2	−1.0
Informal votes			471	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			16,783	97.1	+0.3
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	John Quirk	9,591	59.8	−16.2
	Federal Labor	Peter Murray	5,329	33.2	+33.2
	Independent	Arthur Arundel	720	4.5	+4.5
	Communist	Joseph Crow	395	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			16,035	98.2	+0.8
Informal votes			286	1.8	−0.8
Turnout			16,321	96.8	+1.3
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Quirk	12,408	76.0
	Nationalist	Ernest Hind	3,243	19.9
	Independent	William Murphy	448	2.7
	Communist	John Sylvester	233	1.4
Total formal votes			16,332	97.4
Informal votes			435	2.6
Turnout			16,767	95.5
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

The sitting member H. V. Evatt (Independent Labor) was appointed to the High Court.

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1927 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labor	H. V. Evatt	6,722	53.0
	Labor	Harry Doran	5,949	47.0
Total formal votes			12,671	98.6
Informal votes			182	1.4
Turnout			12,853	87.0
	Independent Labor win		(new seat)

1925

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1925 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,727
	Labor	H. V. Evatt (elected 1)	14,733	31.8	+31.8
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 5)	4,567	9.9	−3.5
	Labor	John Quirk (elected 4)	4,562	9.8	−3.5
	Labor	Tom Keegan (elected 2)	4,305	9.3	−3.5
	Labor	Kate Dwyer	3,622	7.8	+7.8
	Nationalist	Albert Lane (elected 3)	6,306	13.6	+1.7
	Nationalist	Robert Stopford (defeated)	5,880	12.7	−1.4
	Nationalist	Stanley Cole	1,171	2.5	+2.5
	Nationalist	Thomas Greentree	304	0.7	−3.6
	Nationalist	Gideon Gillespie	189	0.4	+0.4
	Protestant Labor	James Johnston	439	1.0	+1.0
	Communist	Thomas Payne	199	0.4	+0.4
	Communist	Lionel Leece	40	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Charles Mallett	42	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			46,359	97.0	+1.1
Informal votes			1,424	3.0	−1.1
Turnout			47,783	69.9	+0.9
Party total votes
	Labor		31,789	68.6	+15.2
	Nationalist		13,850	29.9	−11.3
	Protestant Labor		439	1.0	+1.0
	Communist		239	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Charles Mallett	42	0.1	+0.1

1922

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1922 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,380
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 5)	5,950	13.4	+4.3
	Labor	John Quirk (elected 3)	5,903	13.3	+3.1
	Labor	Tom Keegan (elected 4)	5,679	12.8	+4.4
	Labor	John Doyle (defeated)	4,313	9.7	+2.1
	Labor	David Ryan	1,780	4.0	+4.0
	Nationalist	Robert Stopford (elected 2)	6,264	14.1	+1.4
	Nationalist	Albert Lane (elected 1)	5,258	11.9	+11.9
	Nationalist	Albert Smith (defeated)	3,294	7.4	−2.4
	Nationalist	Thomas Greentree	1,884	4.3	+4.3
	Nationalist	Alfred Henry	1,563	3.5	+3.5
	Democratic	John Sheehy	2,163	4.9	+4.9
	Industrial Labor	Henry Collins	64	0.1	+0.1
	Industrial Labor	John Hood	63	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Solomon Amein	99	0.2	0.0
Total formal votes			44,277	95.9	+9.5
Informal votes			1,876	4.1	−9.5
Turnout			46,153	69.0	+14.7
Party total votes
	Labor		23,625	53.4	−6.3
	Nationalist		18,263	41.2	+18.8
	Democratic		2,163	4.9	−2.4
	Industrial Labor		127	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Solomon Amein	99	0.2	0.0

1921 appointment

The Premier John Storey died on 5 October 1921. Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). Under the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,^[38] casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. Tom Keegan was the only unsuccessful Labor candidate at the 1920 election and took his seat on 18 October 1921.^[39]

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1920 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Quota			5,147
	Labor	John Storey (elected 1)	7,527	24.4
	Labor	John Quirk (elected 3)	3,137	10.2
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 4)	2,821	9.1
	Labor	Tom Keegan (defeated)	2,603	8.4
	Labor	John Doyle (elected 2)	2,336	7.6
	Nationalist	Robert Stopford	3,911	12.7
	Nationalist	Albert Smith (elected 5)	3,016	9.8
	Soldiers & Citizens	Campbell Carmichael (defeated)	2,590	8.4
	Soldiers & Citizens	George Saunders	100	0.3
	Soldiers & Citizens	Charles Shields	28	0.1
	Democratic	Charles Lawlor	2,252	7.3
	Socialist Labor	William Corcoran	81	0.3
	Socialist Labor	James Moroney	59	0.2
	Socialist Labor	Peter Christensen	26	0.1
	Socialist Labor	Herbert Weston	13	0.1
	Independent	Arthur Griffith	165	0.5
	Independent	Henry Levy	93	0.3
	Independent	Solomon Amein	60	0.2
	Independent	George Nielsen	60	0.2
Total formal votes			30,878	86.4
Informal votes			4,845	13.6
Turnout			35,723	54.3
Party total votes
	Labor		18,424	59.7
	Nationalist		6,927	22.4
	Soldiers & Citizens		2,718	8.8
	Democratic		2,252	7.3
	Socialist Labor		179	0.6
	Independent	Arthur Griffith	165	0.5
	Independent	Henry Levy	93	0.3
	Independent	Solomon Amein	60	0.2
	Independent	George Nielsen	60	0.2

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1917 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Storey	3,838	54.3	−3.7
	Nationalist	Robert Stopford	3,055	43.2	+13.3
	Independent	Michael Moore	161	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	John Bell	20	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			7,074	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			62	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			7,136	62.7	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.7

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1913 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[42]^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Storey	4,362	58.0
	Liberal Reform	John McEachern	2,248	29.9
	National Progressive	Francis Lennon	721	9.6
	Australasian Socialist	Patrick Brice	192	2.6
Total formal votes			7,523	98.8
Informal votes			93	1.2
Turnout			7,616	66.2
	Labor hold

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1910 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Storey	3,927	58.2
	Liberal Reform	John Hurley	2,815	41.8
Total formal votes			6,742	99.3
Informal votes			50	0.7
Turnout			6,792	76.7
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1907 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Storey	3,100	50.3	+2.8
	Liberal Reform	Walter Anderson	3,058	49.7	−2.8
Total formal votes			6,158	98.8
Informal votes			72	1.2
Turnout			6,230	76.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform		Swing	+2.8

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Balmain

1904 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Walter Anderson	2,642	52.5
	Labour	John Storey	2,390	47.5
Total formal votes			5,032	99.5
Informal votes			26	0.5
Turnout			5,058	63.5
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Balmain consisted of Balmain North and part of Balmain South. John Storey was the member for the abolished seat of Balmain North, while the member for Balmain South was Sydney Law (Independent Labour) who successfully contested Rozelle.

1894 - 1904

District abolished

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain
Wednesday 17 June ^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Johnston (elected 1)	3,146	13.8
	Labour	William Murphy (elected 2)	2,905	12.8
	Labour	George Clark (elected 3)	2,525	11.1
	Labour	Edward Darnley (elected 4)	2,518	11.1
	Protectionist	Solomon Hyam	2,055	9.0
	Free Trade	John Hawthorne (defeated)	1,820	8.0
	Free Trade	Jacob Garrard (defeated)	1,806	7.9
	Free Trade	George Clubb (defeated)	1,734	7.6
	Free Trade	Frank Smith (defeated)	1,269	5.6
	Protectionist	Angus Mackey	1,080	4.7
	Protectionist	Samuel Davison	737	3.2
	Ind. Free Trade	Robert Cropley	660	2.9
	Protectionist	William Burns	527	2.3
Total formal votes			22,782	98.5
Informal votes			339	1.5
Turnout			6,932	70.8
	Labour gain 4 from Free Trade

1890 by-election

1890 Balmain by-election
Thursday 10 July ^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Hawthorne(re-elected)	unopposed
	Free Trade hold

John Hawthorne (Free Trade) resigned due to bankruptcy.^[48]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain
Saturday 2 February ^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Jacob Garrard (elected 1)	3,177	15.0
	Free Trade	Frank Smith (elected 2)	3,125	14.7
	Free Trade	George Clubb (elected 3)	3,101	14.6
	Free Trade	John Hawthorne (elected 4)	3,083	14.5
	Protectionist	Solomon Hyam	2,291	10.8
	Protectionist	William Inglis	2,178	10.3
	Protectionist	David Buchanan	2,130	10.0
	Protectionist	William Hutchinson	2,120	10.0
Total formal votes			21,205	99.6
Informal votes			87	0.4
Turnout			5,566	61.0
	Free Trade hold 4

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain
Saturday 5 February ^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Jacob Garrard (re-elected 1)	3,012	26.6
	Free Trade	John Hawthorne (re-elected 2)	2,915	25.8
	Free Trade	Frank Smith (elected 3)	2,717	24.0
	Protectionist	Solomon Hyam (defeated)	1,585	14.0
	Protectionist	Thomas Belgrave	723	6.4
	Protectionist	Aaron Wheeler	353	3.1
Total formal votes			11,305	99.1
Informal votes			108	1.0
Turnout			4,640	58.7

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain
Friday 16 October ^[51]
Candidate	Votes	%
Jacob Garrard (re-elected 1)	2,642	27.0
Solomon Hyam (elected 2)	2,323	23.7
John Hawthorne (elected 3)	1,606	16.4
Samuel Davison	1,178	12.0
Maurice Fitzharding	1,131	11.6
Edward Buchanan	908	9.3
Total formal votes	9,788	98.7
Informal votes	126	1.3
Turnout	4,112	60.9
	(1 new seat)

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain
Saturday 2 December ^[52]
Candidate	Votes	%
Jacob Garrard (re-elected 1)	1,514	35.6
William Hutchinson (elected 2)	1,238	29.1
John Taylor	1,166	27.4
William Pritchard	334	7.9
Total formal votes	4,252	98.3
Informal votes	72	1.7
Turnout	2,813	64.6
	(1 new seat)

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain
Friday 19 November ^[53]
Candidate	Votes	%
Jacob Garrard (elected)	789	34.2
John Taylor	777	33.7
Albert Elkington	568	24.6
Charles Mossman	173	7.5
Total formal votes	2,307	96.8
Informal votes	76	3.2
Turnout	2,383	74.0
	(new seat)

The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that 60 of the informal votes had written "I Vote for Taylor" on them, where Jacob Garrard won the election by only 12 votes.^[54]

Notes

^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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