Balmain South, 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   Sydney Law Labor
1895
1898
1901
1902 by   Independent Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1902 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1902 Balmain South state by-election § Result.[edit]
1902 Balmain South by-election
Wednesday 16 August [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Sydney Law (re-elected) 1,387 57.9
Labor Hugh Byers 1,006 42.1
Total formal votes 2,388 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 16 0.7 -0.3
Turnout 2,404 58.9 [lower-alpha 1] -10.1
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor  
Sydney Law resigned from Labor and the parliament, recontesting the seat as an Independent Labor candidate.[4]

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Balmain South.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Balmain South [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sydney Law 1,413 50.7 +3.7
Independent Liberal John Gray 871 31.2
Liberal Reform Charles Donnelley 389 14.0
Ind. Progressive Percy Tighe 80 2.9
Independent William Pacey 30 1.1
Independent Robert Morris 5 0.2
Total formal votes 2,788 99.0 -0.5
Informal votes 27 1.0 +0.5
Turnout 2,815 69.0 +4.1
Labor hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain South.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain South [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sydney Law 979 47.0
National Federal William Traill 861 41.3
Independent Federalist Gilbert Murdoch 174 8.4
Independent Charles Taylor 70 3.4
Total formal votes 2,084 99.5
Informal votes 10 0.5
Turnout 2,094 64.9
Labor hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain South.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain South [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sydney Law 901 49.8
Ind. Protectionist James Johnston 601 33.2
Ind. Free Trade George Clubb 197 10.9
Protectionist Osborne Chidgey 111 6.1
Total formal votes 1,810 98.8
Informal votes 22 1.2
Turnout 1,832 71.4
Labor hold  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain South.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain South [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sydney Law 775 34.7
Protectionist James Johnston 727 32.5
Free Trade George Clubb 716 32.1
Ind. Free Trade George Maclean 16 0.7
Total formal votes 2,234 98.2
Informal votes 41 1.8
Turnout 2,275 83.7
Labor win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ based on a roll of 4,082 at the 1901 election.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mr Sydney James Law (1856-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1902 Balmain South by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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