Electoral results for the district of Newtown-Camperdown

Newtown-Camperdown, 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   Joseph Abbott Free Trade
1895   Francis Cotton Free Trade
1898
1901   James Smith Ind. Progressive

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-Camperdown[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Progressive James Smith 759 35.1 +10.2
Liberal Reform Thomas Probert 562 26.0 −1.3
Independent Liberal William Clegg 382 17.7
Labour Samuel Heaton 270 12.5 +7.2
Independent Liberal Richard Bellemey 165 7.6
Socialist Labor Andrew Thomson 24 1.1
Total formal votes 2,162 99.0 +0.5
Informal votes 22 1.0 −0.5
Turnout 2,184 62.6 +0.8
Ind. Progressive gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was Francis Cotton (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Camperdown[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Francis Cotton 471 27.2
Independent Federalist James Smith 431 24.9
Independent Federalist George Spark 374 21.6
National Federal James Abigail 350 20.2
Labour Edward Riley 91 5.3
Independent Federalist Thomas Evans 9 0.5
Independent Mikael Dunn 3 0.2
Total formal votes 1,729 98.5
Informal votes 27 1.5
Turnout 1,756 61.8
Free Trade hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Camperdown[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Francis Cotton 530 38.4
Protectionist James Smith 450 32.6
Labour Edward Riley 214 15.5
Ind. Free Trade Joseph Mitchell 188 13.6
Total formal votes 1,382 98.8
Informal votes 17 1.2
Turnout 1,399 61.7
Free Trade hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Camperdown[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Abbott 852 46.7
Labour Benjamin Morgan 554 30.4
Protectionist James Smith 355 19.5
Ind. Free Trade John Cotton 63 3.5
Total formal votes 1,824 98.3
Informal votes 32 1.7
Turnout 1,856 81.7
Free Trade win (new seat)
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Joseph Abbott (Free Trade) was a sitting members for Newtown, while the other three sitting members contested Newtown-St Peters and Newtown-Erskine.

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr William Thomas Dick (1865-1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Newtown-Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.