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
Elections in the 1890s
November 1891 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Edmund Barton (re-elected) | 2,778 | 71.4 | ||
| Labor | 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
| Party | 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 | ||
| Labor | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Walter Bradley (elected) | 1,502 | 37.3 | ||
| Free Trade | Edward Pulsford | 1,332 | 33.1 | ||
| Independent Labor | 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
1889
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
1879 by-election
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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 [lower-alpha 2] | |
1874-75
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
1869-70
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Stewart (elected) | unopposed | ||
1865 by-election
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
1859 by-election
| Candidate | 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
| Candidate | 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
- ↑ 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]
References
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "Second January 1883 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1861 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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