Electoral results for the district of St Leonards
Election results for state seat of St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
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St Leonards, 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]
| Single-member (1859–1882) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | ||||
| 1859 | Edward Sayers | None | ||||
| 1860 by | James Farnell | None | ||||
| 1860 | Isaac Shepherd | None | ||||
| 1864 | William Tunks | None | ||||
| 1869 | ||||||
| 1872 | ||||||
| 1874 | James Farnell | None | ||||
| 1877 | ||||||
| 1880 | Member | Party | ||||
| 1882 | George Dibbs | None | Bernhardt Holtermann | None | ||
| 1885 | Henry Parkes | None | Isaac Ives | None | ||
| 1887 | Free Trade | Free Trade | ||||
| 1887 by | Member | Party | ||||
| 1889 | Joseph Cullen | Free Trade | John Burns | Free Trade | ||
| 1891 | Edward Clark | Labour | ||||
| 1894 | ||||||
| 1895 | Edward Clark | Free Trade | ||||
| 1898 | ||||||
| 1901 | Liberal Reform | |||||
| 1904 | Thomas Creswell | Liberal Reform | ||||
| 1907 | Edward Clark | Independent | ||||
| 1910 | Arthur Cocks | Liberal Reform | ||||
| 1913 | ||||||
| 1917 | Nationalist | |||||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
1917
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Arthur Cocks | 3,992 | 65.5 | +11.4 | |
| Labor | Robert Edwards | 2,052 | 33.7 | −10.0 | |
| Independent | Frederick Clancy | 53 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 6,097 | 98.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 80 | 1.3 | −1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 6,177 | 51.4 | −11.6 | ||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | +11.4 | |||
1913
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Arthur Cocks | 4,042 | 54.1 | ||
| Labor | George Down | 3,264 | 43.7 | ||
| Independent | Frederick Meyer | 86 | 1.2 | ||
| Independent | Peter Pollack | 78 | 1.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,470 | 97.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 221 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 7,691 | 63.0 | |||
| Liberal Reform hold | |||||
1910
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Arthur Cocks | 3,382 | 46.0 | +15.2 | |
| Labour | George Down | 2,232 | 30.4 | +21.0 | |
| Independent Liberal | Edward Clark (defeated) | 1,735 | 23.6 | −13.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 7,349 | 99.6 | +2.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 29 | 0.4 | −2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,378 | 68.1 | −3.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Arthur Cocks | 4,443 | 57.3 | +26.5 | |
| Labour | George Down | 3,317 | 42.7 | +33.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 7,760 | 99.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 23 | 0.3 | −2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 7,783 | 71.8 | −0.1 | ||
| Liberal Reform gain from Independent | |||||
Elections in the 1900s
1907
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Edward Clark | 2,366 | 37.0 | −0.5 | |
| Liberal Reform | John Carter | 1,972 | 30.8 | −18.9 | |
| Independent Liberal | Herbert McIntosh | 909 | 14.2 | ||
| Labour | Herbert Milner | 600 | 9.4 | −0.9 | |
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Creswell (defeated) | 549 | 8.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 6,396 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 156 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 6,552 | 71.9 | |||
| Independent gain from Liberal Reform | Swing | +9.2 | |||
This was the third and final contest for St Leonards between Edward Clark and Thomas Creswell. Clark, as the selected Liberal Reform candidate defeated Cresswell at the 1901 election.[8] Creswell then defeated Clark to be selected as the Liberal Reform candidate in 1904,[9] before comfortably beating him at the election.[10] Cresswell however lost Liberal preselection for the seat in 1907 to John Carter,[11] with Clark defeating both Cresswell and Carter to regain the seat.[7]
1904
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Thomas Creswell | 2,164 | 49.8 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Edward Clark | 1,630 | 37.5 | ||
| Labour | George Down | 445 | 10.2 | ||
| Independent | Fountain Winter | 99 | 2.3 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Charles Lloyd | 10 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | David Middleton | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,349 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 45 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,394 | 55.9 | |||
| Liberal Reform hold | |||||
St Leonards lost part of the district to Lane Cove and was expanded to include part of Warringah. The member for St Leonards was Edward Clark (Liberal Reform), who had defeated Thomas Creswell as an independent liberal candidate at the 1901 election. For 1904 Creswell was selected as the official Liberal candidate while Clark ran as an independent liberal candidate.[13]
1901
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Edward Clark | 1,066 | 53.7 | −11.9 | |
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Creswell | 801 | 40.3 | ||
| Labour | Peter O'Connell | 119 | 6.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,986 | 99.5 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 11 | 0.6 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,997 | 59.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Liberal Reform hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
1898
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Edward Clark | 1,080 | 63.5 | ||
| National Federal | Fountain Winter | 421 | 24.8 | ||
| Independent Federalist | Andrew Eaton | 190 | 11.2 | ||
| Independent Federalist | Robert Moodie | 9 | 0.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,700 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 17 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,717 | 57.5 | |||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
1895
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Edward Clark | 996 | 62.4 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | William Goddard | 601 | 37.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,597 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 16 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,613 | 68.0 | |||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
1894
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes | 1,028 | 50.8 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | Edward Clark | 825 | 40.8 | ||
| Protectionist | Francis Punch | 159 | 7.9 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | William Stoddart | 8 | 0.4 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Ford | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,022 | 99.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 15 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,037 | 83.9 | |||
| Free Trade win | (previously 3 members) | ||||
1891
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 2,510 | 24.1 | ||
| Free Trade | Joseph Cullen (re-elected 2) | 2,359 | 22.6 | ||
| Labour | Edward Clark (elected 3) | 1,917 | 18.4 | ||
| Free Trade | John Burns (defeated) | 1,808 | 17.3 | ||
| Protectionist | Francis Punch | 1,345 | 12.9 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | Jonathan Seaver (defeated) | 494 | 4.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 10,433 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 102 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,532 | 61.4 | |||
| Free Trade hold 2 | |||||
| Labour gain 1 from Free Trade | |||||
Jonathan Seaver was the member for Gloucester, a staunch free trader who contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership of Sir Henry Parkes.[18]
Elections in the 1880s
1889
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (elected 1) | 2,221 | 27.3 | ||
| Free Trade | Joseph Cullen (elected 2) | 1,922 | 23.6 | ||
| Free Trade | John Burns (elected 3) | 1,575 | 19.3 | ||
| Free Trade | Edward Clark | 1,372 | 16.8 | ||
| Protectionist | J Griffin | 1,057 | 13.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 8,147 | 99.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 78 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,708 | 58.4 | |||
| Free Trade hold 2 and win 1 | (1 new seat) | ||||
1887 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
Sir Henry Parkes (Free Trade) resigned due to insolvency.[20]
1887
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
| Free Trade | Isaac Ives (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
1885
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 1,506 | 33.4 | |
| Isaac Ives (re-elected 2) | 1,149 | 25.5 | |
| George Dibbs (defeated) | 1,039 | 23.0 | |
| Edward Clark | 819 | 18.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,513 | 98.7 | |
| Informal votes | 60 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | 3,008 | 70.5 | |
Sir Henry Parkes was the member for Argyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge the Premier George Dibbs. Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contesting The Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.
1882
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernhardt Holtermann (elected 1) | 965 | 30.9 | |
| George Dibbs (elected 2) | 962 | 30.8 | |
| Cunningham Atchison | 713 | 22.8 | |
| Philip Richardson | 327 | 10.5 | |
| William Muston | 86 | 2.8 | |
| Sir Henry Parkes | 70 | 2.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 3,123 | 98.5 | |
| Informal votes | 49 | 1.5 | |
| Turnout | 1,926 | 62.5 | |
| (1 new seat) | |||
Sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Parramatta and subsequently successfully contested New England. After Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield where he was elected unopposed. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.
1880
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Farnell (re-elected) | 869 | 55.3 | |
| Bernard Holtermann | 703 | 44.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,572 | 96.8 | |
| Informal votes | 52 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,624 | 59.8 | |
Elections in the 1870s
1877
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Farnell (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
1874
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Farnell (elected) | 856 | 64.0 | |
| Bernard Holtermann | 471 | 35.2 | |
| James French | 7 | 0.5 | |
| Edward Lord | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,338 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,338 | 59.8 | |
1872
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Tunks (re-elected) | 686 | 65.8 | |
| James Byrnes | 342 | 32.8 | |
| W Wardle | 9 | 0.9 | |
| James French | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,042 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,044 | 49.8 | |
Elections in the 1860s
1869
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Tunks (re-elected) | 752 | 56.5 | |
| William Forster (defeated) | 579 | 43.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,331 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,331 | 67.0 | |
1864
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Tunks (elected) | 591 | 51.8 | |
| Edward Sayers | 550 | 48.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,141 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,141 | 57.2 | |
1860
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Shepherd (elected) | 580 | 68.4 | |
| George McIntosh | 252 | 29.7 | |
| James Martin | 16 | 1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 848 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 850 | 46.9 | |
The sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Goldfields West and then Central Cumberland.
1860 by-election
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Farnell (elected) | 382 | 52.7 | |
| Isaac Shepherd | 343 | 47.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 725 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 725 | 49.1 | |
Edward Sayers resigned.[31]
Elections in the 1850s
1859
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Sayers (elected) | 389 | 47.3 | |
| Isaac Shepherd | 319 | 38.8 | |
| James Farnell | 115 | 14.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 823 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 823 | 55.8 | |