Electoral district of Newtown-Camperdown
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Newtown-Camperdown was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Newtown and named after and including the inner Sydney suburb of Camperdown. It was replaced by the Electoral district of Camperdown in 1904.[1][2][3]
Members for Newtown-Camperdown
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Abbott | Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |
| Francis Cotton | Free Trade | 1895–1901 | |
| James Smith | Ind. Progressive | 1901–1904 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ind. Progressive | James Smith | 759 | 35.1 | +10.2 | |
| Liberal Reform | Thomas Probert | 562 | 26.0 | −1.3 | |
| Independent Liberal | William Clegg | 382 | 17.7 | ||
| Labour | Samuel Heaton | 270 | 12.5 | +7.2 | |
| Independent Liberal | Richard Bellemey | 165 | 7.6 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Andrew Thomson | 24 | 1.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,162 | 99.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 22 | 1.0 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,184 | 62.6 | +0.8 | ||
| Ind. Progressive gain from Liberal Reform | |||||
The sitting member was Francis Cotton (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election.
