Electoral results for the district of Balmain North

1901 New South Wales state election: Balmain North ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Storey	922	42.4
	Liberal Reform	Gilbert Murdoch	505	23.2	−28.4
	Progressive	Alexander Milne	411	18.9	+0.2
	Independent Liberal	William Ward	277	12.7
Total formal votes			2,177	99.5	−
Informal votes			12	0.6	−
Turnout			2,189	65.8	+3.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

The sitting member was Bill Wilks (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Dalley which included Balmain.

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Bill Wilks	965	51.6
	Independent Federalist	Alexander Milne	556	29.7
	National Federal	Leonard Green	350	18.7
Total formal votes			1,871	99.4
Informal votes			11	0.6
Turnout			1,882	62.1
	Free Trade hold

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Bill Wilks	1,055	65.4
	Protectionist	Alexander Milne	523	32.4
	Ind. Free Trade	Frank Smith	36	2.2
Total formal votes			1,614	99.5
Informal votes			9	0.6
Turnout			1,623	62.3
	Free Trade hold

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Bill Wilks	999	45.1
	Protectionist	William Murphy	618	27.9
	Labour	Samuel Kirby	340	15.4
	Ind. Free Trade	James Wheeler	258	11.7
Total formal votes			2,215	99.0
Informal votes			22	1.0
Turnout			2,237	84.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)