Electoral results for the district of South Sydney
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Results for state seat of South Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
South Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | George Carter | None | John Davies | None | William Poole | None | George Withers | None | ||||
| 1882 | John Harris | None | Joseph Olliffe | None | ||||||||
| 1885 | James Toohey | None | John Davies | None | Archibald Forsyth | None | ||||||
| 1887 | Protectionist | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | George Withers | Free Trade | Alban Riley | Free Trade | |||||
| 1887 by | ||||||||||||
| 1889 | William Traill | Protectionist | Walter Edmunds | Protectionist | James Martin | Free Trade | ||||||
| 1891 | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | ||||||||||
| 1893 by | William Manning | Protectionist | ||||||||||
Elections in the 1890s
1893 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1893 South Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | William Manning (elected) | 1,985 | 41.7 | ||
| Free Trade | Edward Foxall | 1,962 | 41.2 | ||
| Labour | Frederick Flowers | 814 | 17.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,761 | 98.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 64 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,825 | 48.9 [a] | |||
| Protectionist hold | |||||
1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | William Traill (re-elected 1) | 2,917 | 12.0 | ||
| Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (elected 2) | 2,808 | 11.5 | ||
| Free Trade | James Martin (re-elected 3) | 2,729 | 11.2 | ||
| Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 4) | 2,662 | 10.9 | ||
| Protectionist | Walter Edmunds (defeated) | 2,553 | 10.5 | ||
| Protectionist | George Dibbs | 2,510 | 10.3 | ||
| Free Trade | Edward Foxall | 2,237 | 9.2 | ||
| Free Trade | John McDonagh | 2,136 | 8.8 | ||
| Labour | Frederick Flowers | 2,017 | 8.3 | ||
| Labour | W Higgs | 1,805 | 7.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 24,374 | 99.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 179 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 6,754 | 68.5 | |||
| Protectionist hold 2 | |||||
| Free Trade hold 1, gain 1 from Protectionist | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | William Traill (elected 1) | 3,036 | 13.0 | ||
| Protectionist | Walter Edmunds (elected 2) | 2,996 | 12.9 | ||
| Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 3) | 2,934 | 12.6 | ||
| Free Trade | James Martin (elected 4) | 2,918 | 12.5 | ||
| Protectionist | John Wright | 2,912 | 12.5 | ||
| Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (defeated) | 2,899 | 12.4 | ||
| Free Trade | Alban Riley (defeated) | 2,824 | 12.1 | ||
| Free Trade | George Pile | 2,805 | 12.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 23,324 | 99.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 35 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 5,819 | 60.9 | |||
| Protectionist hold 1 and gain 2 from Free Trade | |||||
| Free Trade hold 1 | |||||
1887 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1887 South Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (re-elected) | 2,618 | 50.4 | ||
| Protectionist | William Traill | 2,578 | 49.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 5,196 | 99.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 49 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 5,245 | 53.9 | |||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Alban Riley (elected 1) | 3,426 | 20.2 | ||
| Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (elected 2) | 3,067 | 18.1 | ||
| Free Trade | George Withers (elected 3) | 2,845 | 16.8 | ||
| Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 4) | 1,999 | 11.8 | ||
| Protectionist | John Davies (defeated) | 1,394 | 8.2 | ||
| Protectionist | Alfred Miller | 1,356 | 8.0 | ||
| Protectionist | Archibald Forsyth (defeated) | 1,110 | 6.5 | ||
| Protectionist | Edward Bennett | 1,085 | 6.4 | ||
| Independent | Michael Simmons | 685 | 4.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 16,967 | 99.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 126 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 6,602 | 68.6 | |||
1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Davies (elected 1) | 2,444 | 17.0 | |
| James Toohey (elected 2) | 2,309 | 16.1 | |
| Joseph Olliffe (re-elected 3) | 2,084 | 14.5 | |
| Archibald Forsyth (elected 4) | 2,012 | 14.0 | |
| George Withers (defeated) | 1,738 | 12.1 | |
| Alfred Miller | 1,563 | 10.9 | |
| Edward O'Sullivan | 1,130 | 7.9 | |
| William Poole (defeated) | 710 | 4.9 | |
| William Richardson | 378 | 2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 14,368 | 98.3 | |
| Informal votes | 252 | 1.7 | |
| Turnout | 6,268 | 71.9 | |
1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Olliffe (elected 1) | 2,672 | 21.7 | |
| John Harris (elected 2) | 2,669 | 21.7 | |
| William Poole (re-elected 3) | 1,948 | 15.8 | |
| George Withers (re-elected 4) | 1,569 | 12.8 | |
| Sydney Burdekin (defeated) | 1,412 | 11.5 | |
| John Davies (defeated) | 1,345 | 10.9 | |
| George Carter (defeated) | 682 | 5.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,297 | 98.5 | |
| Informal votes | 191 | 1.5 | |
| Turnout | 4,714 | 59.6 | |
1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Davies (re-elected 1) | 2,707 | 17.3 | |
| George Withers (elected 2) | 2,389 | 15.3 | |
| George Carter (elected 3) | 2,170 | 13.9 | |
| William Poole (elected 4) | 2,158 | 13.8 | |
| Joseph Olliffe | 2,125 | 13.6 | |
| Edward Horden | 2,115 | 13.6 | |
| John Fitzgerald | 1,040 | 6.7 | |
| Alexander Steel | 764 | 4.9 | |
| Aaron Wheeler | 144 | 0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 15,612 | 99.2 | |
| Informal votes | 133 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | 5,648 | 69.5 | |
| (new seat) | |||
Notes
- ↑ estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,862 at the 1891 election.[5]
References
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1893 South Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1891 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1889 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1887 South Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1887 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1885 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1882 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1880 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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