Electoral results for the district of Balmain South
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Election results for Balmain South, New South Wales, Australia
Balmain South, 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]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | Sydney Law | Labour | |
| 1895 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1901 | |||
| 1902 by | Independent Labour | ||
Elections in the 1900s
1902 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1902 Balmain South state by-election § Result.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Labour | Sydney Law (re-elected) | 1,387 | 57.9 | ||
| Labour | Hugh Byers | 1,006 | 42.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,388 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 16 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,404 | 58.9 [a] | −10.1 | ||
| Member changed to Independent Labour from Labour | |||||
1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Balmain South.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 1,413 | 50.7 | +3.7 | |
| Independent Liberal | John Gray | 871 | 31.2 | ||
| Liberal Reform | Charles Donnelley | 389 | 14.0 | ||
| Ind. Progressive | Percy Tighe | 80 | 2.9 | ||
| Independent | William Pacey | 30 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | Robert Morris | 5 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,788 | 99.0 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 27 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,815 | 69.0 | +4.1 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain South.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 979 | 47.0 | ||
| National Federal | William Traill | 861 | 41.3 | ||
| Independent Federalist | Gilbert Murdoch | 174 | 8.4 | ||
| Independent | Charles Taylor | 70 | 3.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,084 | 99.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 10 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,094 | 64.9 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain South.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 901 | 49.8 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | James Johnston | 601 | 33.2 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | George Clubb | 197 | 10.9 | ||
| Protectionist | Osborne Chidgey | 111 | 6.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,810 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 22 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,832 | 71.4 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Balmain South.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 775 | 34.7 | ||
| Protectionist | James Johnston | 727 | 32.5 | ||
| Free Trade | George Clubb | 716 | 32.1 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | George Maclean | 16 | 0.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,234 | 98.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 41 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,275 | 83.7 | |||
| Labour win | (new seat) | ||||
Notes
- ↑ based on a roll of 4,082 at the 1901 election.[5]
References
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Sydney James Law (1856-1939)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1902 Balmain South by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Balmain South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
 Results of New South Wales State elections | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly |
| ||||
| Legislative Council |
| ||||
| By-elections |
| ||||