Rylstone, 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][4]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | William Wall | Protectionist | |
| 1895 | John Fitzpatrick | Free Trade | |
| 1895 by | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
Election results
editElections in the 1900s
edit1901
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | John Fitzpatrick | 932 | 62.5 | +8.3 | |
| Progressive | Thomas Arkins | 559 | 37.5 | −8.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,491 | 100.0 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,491 | 60.1 | −4.9 | ||
| Liberal Reform hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | John Fitzpatrick | 753 | 54.2 | ||
| National Federal | Jack FitzGerald | 636 | 45.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,389 | 99.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 10 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,399 | 65.0 | |||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
1895 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | John Fitzpatrick (elected) | 659 | 51.4 | ||
| Protectionist | William Wall | 608 | 47.5 | ||
| Independent Labour | Thomas Williams [a] | 14 | 1.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,281 | 97.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 28 | 2.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,309 | 69.6 [b] | |||
| Free Trade gain from Protectionist | |||||
1895
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | John Fitzpatrick | 513 | 50.3 | ||
| Protectionist | William Wall | 507 | 49.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,020 | 99.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 8 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,028 | 54.6 | |||
| Free Trade gain from Protectionist | |||||
1894
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | William Wall | 677 | 50.7 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | James Granter | 211 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Francis Gilbert | 210 | 15.7 | ||
| Free Trade | J Hill | 100 | 7.5 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Hungerford | 68 | 5.1 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Purser | 57 | 4.3 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Taylor | 13 | 1.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,336 | 97.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 37 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,373 | 72.3 | |||
| Protectionist win | (new seat) | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ Thomas Williams withdrew prior to the poll.[8][9]
- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 1,882 at the July 1895 election.[10]
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Mr William Chandos Wall". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick (1862–1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Rylstone". The Maitland Daily Mercury. 15 October 1895. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Rylstone election". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. 19 October 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.