Electoral district of Warringah
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warringah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales and named after and including the Warringah region of the northeastern suburbs of Sydney. It was created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and the three member district of St Leonards was divided between Warringah, St Leonards and Willoughby.[2][3] It was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90,[4] and was partly replaced by Middle Harbour.[5][6][7]
Members for Warringah
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugald Thomson | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
| National Federal | 1898–1901 | ||
| Ellison Quirk | Independent | 1901–1904 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ellison Quirk | 739 | 34.7 | ||
| Independent Liberal | James Alderson | 604 | 28.4 | ||
| Liberal Reform | James Conroy | 490 | 23.0 | −22.0 | |
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Loxton | 296 | 13.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,129 | 100.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,129 | 62.6 | −3.3 | ||
| Independent gain from Progressive | |||||
The sitting member was Dugald Thomson (Progressive),[a] who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 as a Free Trade member for the federal seat of North Sydney.
Notes
- Dugald Thomson had been elected as member of the Progressive party in 1898, then known as the National Federal party, described as a free trade federationist.[9]
