East 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]
Election results
editElections in the 1890s
editNovember 1891 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Edmund Barton (re-elected) | 2,778 | 71.4 | ||
Labour | William Grantham | 1,112 | 28.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,890 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,907 | 38.9 | |||
Protectionist hold |
1891
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William McMillan (re-elected 1) | 3,713 | 19.2 | ||
Protectionist | Edmund Barton (elected 2) | 3,535 | 18.3 | ||
Free Trade | Varney Parkes (elected 3) | 3,343 | 17.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Reid (re-elected 4) | 2,946 | 15.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Manning | 2,260 | 11.7 | ||
Labour | William Grantham | 2,241 | 11.6 | ||
Protectionist | Walter Bradley | 1,328 | 6.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,366 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 65 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,475 | 64.5 | |||
Free Trade hold 2 | |||||
Protectionist hold 1 | |||||
Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade |
April 1891 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Walter Bradley (elected) | 1,502 | 37.3 | ||
Free Trade | Edward Pulsford | 1,332 | 33.1 | ||
Independent Labour | Francis Cotton | 1,188 | 29.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,022 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 55 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,077 | 40.6 | |||
Protectionist gain from Free Trade |
Elections in the 1880s
edit1889
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sydney Burdekin (elected 1) | 3,894 | 20.1 | ||
Free Trade | George Reid (elected 2) | 3,631 | 18.7 | ||
Free Trade | William McMillan (elected 3) | 3,604 | 18.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Street (elected 4) | 3,402 | 17.5 | ||
Protectionist | Joseph Abbott | 2,503 | 12.9 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas O'Mara | 2,378 | 12.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,412 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 33 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,647 | 61.0 | |||
Free Trade hold 4 |
1887
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sydney Burdekin (re-elected 1) | 4,238 | 23.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Reid (re-elected 2) | 4,108 | 23.1 | ||
Free Trade | William McMillan (elected 3) | 4,025 | 22.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Street (elected 4) | 3,605 | 20.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Traill | 1,846 | 10.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,822 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 63 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,883 | 63.2 |
1885
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edmund Barton (re-elected 1) | 3,903 | 22.0 | |
George Reid (elected 2) | 3,399 | 19.2 | |
Henry Copeland (re-elected 3) | 3,208 | 18.1 | |
Sydney Burdekin (re-elected 4) | 2,988 | 16.9 | |
George Griffiths (defeated) | 1,997 | 11.3 | |
Samuel Lees | 1,786 | 10.1 | |
George Brown | 435 | 2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 17,716 | 99.5 | |
Informal votes | 97 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 6,917 | 67.6 |
1884 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney Burdekin (elected) | 2,138 | 50.5 | |
George Reid (defeated) | 2,098 | 49.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,236 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 54 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 4,290 | 48.1 |
1883 by-election 2
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Copeland (elected) | 2,942 | 67.8 | |
Arthur Renwick | 1,397 | 32.2 | |
Total formal votes | 4,339 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,339 | 53.9 |
1883 by-election 1
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Reid (re-elected) | 2,258 | 74.7 | |
Albert Elkington | 729 | 25.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,887 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 24 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 2,911 | 36.2 |
1882
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Reid (re-elected 1) | 3,044 | 20.2 | |
Edmund Barton (re-elected 2) | 2,948 | 19.6 | |
George Griffiths (elected 3) | 2,365 | 15.7 | |
John McElhone (re-elected 4) | 2,307 | 15.3 | |
Sir Henry Parkes (defeated) | 2,080 | 13.8 | |
Arthur Renwick (defeated) | 1,651 | 11.0 | |
James Green | 676 | 4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 15,071 | 99.7 | |
Informal votes | 53 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 4,719 | 58.7 |
1880
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Reid (elected 1) | 3,413 | 19.0 | |
Arthur Renwick (re-elected 2) | 3,295 | 18.3 | |
Henry Dangar (elected 3) | 3,102 | 17.3 | |
Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 4) | 2,770 | 15.4 | |
Charles Roberts | 2,295 | 12.8 | |
Samuel Lees | 1,385 | 7.7 | |
Charles Moore | 1,216 | 6.8 | |
Isaac Josephson | 507 | 2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 17,983 | 99.3 | |
Informal votes | 120 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 5,488 | 61.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
edit1879 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arthur Renwick (elected) | 4,663 | 61.5 | |
Robert Tooth | 2,748 | 36.2 | |
John Dowie | 147 | 1.9 | |
Thomas Dalveen | 28 | 0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,586 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 82 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 7,668 | 54.7 |
1877
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Macintosh (re-elected 1) | 4,112 | 19.0 | |
John Davies (re-elected 2) | 3,761 | 17.4 | |
James Greenwood (elected 3) | 3,493 | 16.1 | |
Alexander Stuart (re-elected 4) | 2,930 | 13.5 | |
Sir Henry Parkes (defeated) | 2,843 | 13.1 | |
Sedgwick Cowper | 1,335 | 6.2 | |
Francis Dixon | 1,302 | 6.0 | |
Isaac Josephson | 1,029 | 4.8 | |
Ninian Melville | 540 | 2.5 | |
Josiah Mason | 173 | 0.8 | |
William Cover | 77 | 0.4 | |
George Perry | 60 | 0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 21,655 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 7,156 | 54.1 |
1877 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Davies (re-elected) | 3,137 | 79.9 | |
Ninian Melville | 790 | 20.1 | |
Total formal votes | 3,927 | 98.5 | |
Informal votes | 60 | 1.5 | |
Turnout | 3,987 | 32.3 [b] |
1874-75
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 3,828 | 17.9 | |
John Macintosh (re-elected 2) | 3,651 | 17.1 | |
Alexander Stuart (elected 3) | 3,083 | 14.4 | |
John Davies (elected 4) | 2,394 | 11.2 | |
Angus Cameron | 2,189 | 10.3 | |
Charles Moore (defeated) | 1,960 | 9.2 | |
William Forster (defeated) | 1,502 | 7.0 | |
John Young | 1,140 | 5.3 | |
Edward Flood | 804 | 3.8 | |
James Pemell | 661 | 3.1 | |
Daniel O'Connell | 68 | 0.3 | |
John Douglass | 50 | 0.2 | |
Nathaniel Pawsey | 23 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,353 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 6,430 | 56.4 |
1874 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Moore (elected) | 2,385 | 74.1 | |
John Douglass | 813 | 25.2 | |
William Cover | 22 | 0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 3,220 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,220 | 28.2 |
June 1872 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Oakes (elected) | 1,994 | 53.1 | |
Bowie Wilson | 1,763 | 46.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,757 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,757 | 33.7 |
May 1872 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Parkes (re-elected) | 2,686 | 68.8 | |
James Jones | 1,216 | 31.2 | |
Total formal votes | 3,902 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,902 | 35.0 |
1872
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 3,270 | 17.0 | |
John Macintosh (elected 2) | 3,068 | 16.0 | |
Saul Samuel (re-elected 3) | 3,048 | 15.9 | |
James Neale (re-elected 4) | 2,663 | 13.9 | |
James Martin (defeated) | 2,073 | 10.8 | |
David Buchanan (defeated) | 1,739 | 9.1 | |
Bowie Wilson (defeated) | 1,730 | 9.0 | |
William Barker | 1,379 | 7.2 | |
George King (defeated) | 240 | 1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 19,210 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 5,598 | 49.8 |
1870 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Bowie Wilson (elected) | 2,755 | 55.8 | |
William Campbell | 2,183 | 44.2 | |
Total formal votes | 4,938 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,938 | 48.6 |
Elections in the 1860s
edit1869-70
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 3,397 | 16.7 | |
James Martin (re-elected 2) | 3,158 | 15.6 | |
David Buchanan (elected 3) | 2,765 | 13.6 | |
George King (elected 4) | 2,702 | 13.3 | |
Charles Cowper | 2,548 | 12.6 | |
Julian Salomons | 2,106 | 10.4 | |
James Neale (defeated) | 2,071 | 10.2 | |
Robert Hunt | 742 | 3.7 | |
Alexander Steel | 699 | 3.4 | |
William Cover | 77 | 0.4 | |
W Jennett | 30 | 0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 20,295 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 5,701 | 56.1 |
1867 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Marshall Burdekin (elected) | 2,025 | 60.0 | |
Walter Renny | 1,350 | 40.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,375 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,375 | 38.9 |
1866 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Stewart (elected) | unopposed |
1865 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (re-elected) | 933 | 87.0 | |
Frederick Birmingham | 140 | 13.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,073 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,073 | 12.0 |
1864-65
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (re-elected 1) | 2,711 | 18.7 | |
John Caldwell (re-elected 2) | 2,447 | 16.9 | |
James Neale (elected 3) | 2,107 | 14.6 | |
James Hart (re-elected 4) | 2,069 | 14.3 | |
James Martin (defeated) | 1,769 | 12.2 | |
William Forster (defeated) | 1,733 | 12.0 | |
Robert Isaacs | 1,351 | 9.3 | |
Richard Dransfield | 190 | 1.3 | |
Thomas Duigan | 43 | 0.3 | |
William Cover | 43 | 0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 14,463 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,191 | 46.8 |
1861 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Forster (elected) | 1,273 | 48.7 | |
James Neale | 1,179 | 45.1 | |
Charles Fowler | 77 | 3.0 | |
Thomas Duigan | 56 | 2.1 | |
James Martin | 25 | 1.0 | |
Thomas Argent | 2 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 2,612 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,612 | 35.5 |
1860
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (elected 1) | 2,283 | 19.6 | |
Henry Parkes (re-elected 2) | 2,184 | 18.7 | |
John Caldwell (elected 3) | 2,091 | 17.9 | |
Robert Stewart (elected 4) | 1,925 | 16.5 | |
James Martin (defeated) | 1,551 | 13.3 | |
Peter Faucett (defeated) | 1,306 | 11.2 | |
Thomas Duigan | 327 | 2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 11,667 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,771 | 48.4 |
1860 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Peter Faucett (elected) | 1,346 | 50.3 | |
Robert Stewart | 1,315 | 49.2 | |
John West | 14 | 0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 2,675 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,675 | 30.0 |
Elections in the 1850s
edit1859 by-election
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (re-elected 1) | 1,282 | 28.2 | |
John Black (re-elected 2) | 1,237 | 27.2 | |
Peter Faucett | 1,000 | 22.0 | |
Richard Driver | 969 | 21.3 | |
Thomas Duigan | 56 | 1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 4,544 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,272 | 30.0 |
1859
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (re-elected 1) | 2,064 | 20.0 | |
John Black (elected 2) | 1,682 | 16.3 | |
Henry Parkes (elected 3) | 1,654 | 16.0 | |
James Martin (re-elected 4) | 1,349 | 13.1 | |
Charles Kemp | 1,317 | 12.7 | |
Richard Driver | 1,201 | 11.6 | |
William Allen | 569 | 5.5 | |
William Wentworth | 300 | 2.9 | |
William Benbow | 205 | 2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,341 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,436 | 45.4 |
Notes
edit- ^ George Reid was estranged from Henry Parkes, who retired as leader of the Free Trade Party after the election and Reid was elected leader of the opposition in his place.
- ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 12,326 at March 1877[18]
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