Sydney-Flinders, 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   Bernhard Wise Free Trade
1895   Arthur Nelson Protectionist
1898
1901   Progressive

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Flinders.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Flinders [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Arthur Nelson 601 34.9 -13.2
Liberal Reform John Waine 598 34.8 -3.2
Ind. Progressive Ernest Gardner 191 11.1 +2.1
Independent Liberal Hezekiah Evers 124 7.2
Ind. Progressive James Lawrence 124 7.2
Labor Frederick Sommerhoff 82 4.8 -0.0
Total formal votes 1,720 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 14 0.8 -0.2
Turnout 1,734 75.8 +23.4
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Flinders.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Arthur Nelson 543 48.2
Free Trade John Dobbie 428 38.0
Independent Federalist Ernest Gardner 102 9.1
Labor Robert Cropley 54 4.8
Independent William Gocher 0 0.0
Total formal votes 1,127 99.0
Informal votes 12 1.1
Turnout 1,139 52.4
National Federal hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Flinders.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Arthur Nelson 333 32.1
Independent Bernhard Wise (defeated) 296 28.6
Free Trade John Waine 278 26.8
Labor John Buckley 118 11.4
Ind. Free Trade Eden George 11 1.1
Total formal votes 1,036 98.7
Informal votes 14 1.3
Turnout 1,050 58.4
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Flinders.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bernhard Wise 656 45.8
Labor John Dobbie 379 26.5
Protectionist William Kippax 286 20.0
Ind. Free Trade Joseph Olliffe 77 5.4
Ind. Protectionist Leighton Kesteven 34 2.4
Total formal votes 1,432 98.7
Informal votes 19 1.3
Turnout 1,451 79.0
Free Trade win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Flinders". 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-Flinders". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Flinders". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Flinders". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Flinders". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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