Sherbrooke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3]

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Jacob Garrard Free Trade
1895
1898   Broughton O'Conor National Federal
1901   Independent
1904   Liberal Reform
1907   John Hunt Liberal Reform
1910

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Hunt 4,407 67.4
Labor Andrew Thompson 2,134 32.6
Total formal votes 6,541 98.0
Informal votes 133 2.0
Turnout 6,674 74.5
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Hunt 3,733 73.4
Labor Benjamin Prior 476 9.4
Independent Robert Lalor 440 8.7
Independent Eugene Rudder 417 8.2
Independent Donald Campbell 23 0.5
Total formal votes 5,089 98.0
Informal votes 102 2.0
Turnout 5,191 64.1
Liberal Reform hold  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Broughton O'Conor 2,915 62.5
Ind Progressive Thomas Smith 1,194 25.6
Independent Labor Robert Lalor 549 11.8
Independent John McCook 7 0.2
Total formal votes 4,665 99.0
Informal votes 45 1.0
Turnout 4,710 60.4
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent  
Sherbrooke was expanded to include part of The Hawkesbury and parts of the abolished seats of The Nepean and Ryde and Willoughby. Broughton O'Conor (Liberal Reform) was the independent member for Sherbrooke while Thomas Smith (Progressive) was the member for The Nepean. The member for The Hawkesbury was Brinsley Hall (Progressive) who successfully contested that seat, the member for Willoughby was Charles Wade (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested the replacement seat of Gordon while the member for Ryde was Edward Terry (Independent) who did not contest the election.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Broughton O'Conor 823 56.4 +6.9
Liberal Reform John Roughley 505 34.6 -13.2
Independent Liberal Adam Pringle 132 9.0
Total formal votes 1,460 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 12 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 1,472 66.0 +4.4
Member changed to Independent from Progressive  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sherbrooke [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Broughton O'Conor 603 49.5
Free Trade Jacob Garrard (defeated) 582 47.8
Independent James Purser 33 2.7
Total formal votes 1,218 99.3
Informal votes 9 0.7
Turnout 1,227 61.7
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sherbrooke [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Jacob Garrard 585 54.5
Independent Broughton O'Conor 333 31.0
Ind. Protectionist George Stimson 95 8.9
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Pye 45 4.2
Ind. Free Trade Edward Wakely 15 1.4
Total formal votes 1,073 98.4
Informal votes 18 1.7
Turnout 1,091 60.8
Free Trade hold  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sherbrooke.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sherbrooke [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Jacob Garrard 601 45.0
Ind. Free Trade Samuel Bursill 231 17.3
Ind. Free Trade John Fitzpatrick 151 11.3
Labor James Williamson 95 7.1
Protectionist Ambrose Hallen 78 5.8
Ind. Free Trade William Bladon 63 4.7
Ind. Free Trade Edward Wakely 61 4.6
Ind. Protectionist James Tamsett 45 3.4
Ind. Free Trade Henry Pigott 8 0.6
Ind. Free Trade Donald Campbell 3 0.2
Total formal votes 1,336 97.3
Informal votes 37 2.7
Turnout 1,373 76.2
Free Trade win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 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. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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