Sydney-Fitzroy, 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]

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Henry Chapman Free Trade
1895   John McElhone Ind. Free Trade
1898 by   John Norton Protectionist
1898   Henry Chapman Free Trade
1901   Daniel Levy Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Fitzroy [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Daniel Levy 605 35.9
Independent Liberal Arthur McElhone 381 22.6
Independent Henry Chapman 379 22.5
Labor Donald McKinnon 121 7.2
Ind. Progressive Harry Foran 108 6.4
Independent Denis O'Sullivan 71 4.2
Independent Callaghan Garvan 20 1.2
Total formal votes 1,685 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 15 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 1,700 56.5 -2.7
Liberal Reform hold  
At the 1898 election Henry Chapman was elected as a Liberal Reform representative, while Daniel Levy had stood as an independent.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Henry Chapman 815 51.2
National Federal John Norton 767 48.2
Independent Federalist Percy Tighe 5 0.3
Ind. Free Trade Daniel Levy 3 0.2
Independent Federalist Patrick Dorahy 1 0.1
Total formal votes 1,591 99.1
Informal votes 15 0.9
Turnout 1,606 59.2
Free Trade gain from Ind. Free Trade  
John McElhone (Independent Free Trade) died in 1898 and John Norton (National Federal) had won the seat in a by-election.

1898 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1898 Sydney-Fitzroy colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1898 Sydney-Fitzroy by-election
Friday 3 June [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John Norton (elected) 617 43.2
Free Trade Henry Chapman 546 38.2 +2.2
Protectionist Patrick Dorahy 166 11.6
Protectionist William Martin 99 6.9
Total formal votes 1,428 99.3 -
Informal votes 10 0.7 -
Turnout 1,438 66.7 [lower-alpha 1] +3.4
Protectionist gain from Ind. Free Trade  
John McElhone (Ind. Free Trade) died.[6]

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade John McElhone 624 46.0
Free Trade Henry Chapman 488 36.0
Independent Henry Harris 163 12.0
Labor Henry Cato 82 6.0
Total formal votes 1,357 99.3
Informal votes 9 0.7
Turnout 1,366 63.3
Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Henry Chapman 666 39.5
Ind. Free Trade John McElhone 422 25.0
Labor Henry Cato 355 21.1
Ind. Free Trade William Morrison 180 10.7
Ind. Protectionist Henry Foran 32 1.9
Ind. Protectionist Charles Forssberg 17 1.0
Ind. Protectionist Robert Roberts 13 0.8
Total formal votes 1,685 98.7
Informal votes 23 1.4
Turnout 1,708 77.2
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 2,157 at the 1895 election.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Fitzroy by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  7. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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