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Electoral results for the district of Sydney-King

Sydney-King, 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   George Reid Free Trade
1894 by
1895
1898
1901   Ernest Broughton Progressive

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-King.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-King [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Ernest Broughton 550 37.6 −8.3
Liberal Reform Thomas Hughes 532 36.3 −17.3
Independent Alexander Wilson 150 10.3
Independent Ernest Thompson 128 8.7
Independent Liberal Fred Walsh 91 6.2
Independent David Fealy 9 0.6
Independent Liberal Vincent Taylor 4 0.3
Total formal votes 1,464 99.0 −0.3
Informal votes 15 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 1,479 53.0 −1.1
Progressive gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was George Reid (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of East Sydney.

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-King.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Reid 761 53.6
National Federal Edmund Barton 651 45.9
Independent Robert Reid 8 0.6
Total formal votes 1,420 99.3
Informal votes 10 0.7
Turnout 1,430 54.0
Free Trade hold  

1895

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-King.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Reid 610 56.1
Independent Henry Parkes 478 43.9
Total formal votes 1,088 99.5
Informal votes 5 0.5
Turnout 1,093 59.2
Free Trade hold  

1894 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1894 Sydney-King colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1894 Sydney-King by-election
Saturday 11 August [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Reid (re-elected) 801 80.3 +19.4
Independent Adolphus Taylor 190 19.0
Independent Harry Foran 6 0.6
Total formal votes 997 99.4 +1.0
Informal votes 6 0.6 −1.0
Turnout 1,003 53.0 [a] −19.3
Free Trade hold  
George Reid (Free Trade) was appointed Premier and Colonial Treasurer, forming the Reid ministry.[7]

1894

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-King.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Reid 819 60.9
Labour George Reeve 347 25.8
Protectionist John Gannon 164 12.2
Ind. Free Trade Ivan Henry 12 0.9
Ind. Free Trade William Maguire 4 0.3
Total formal votes 1,346 98.4
Informal votes 22 1.6
Turnout 1,368 72.3
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 1,892 at the 1894 election.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 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. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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