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Electoral district of Newtown-St Peters

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Newtown-St Peters was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Newtown and named after the inner Sydney suburb of St Peters. Along with Newtown-Erskine, it was partly replaced by a recreated Newtown in 1904.[1][2][3]

Members for Newtown-St Peters

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Member Party Term
  William Rigg Ind. Free Trade 1894–1895
  Free Trade 1895–1901
  James Fallick Independent Liberal 1901–1904

Election results

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1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-St Peters [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal James Fallick 790 35.0
Labour George Clark 770 34.2
Liberal Reform William Rigg 662 29.4 −31.9
Independent David Hayes 16 0.7
Ind. Progressive James Mitchell 13 0.6 +0.2
Independent Walter Arnold 4 0.2
Total formal votes 2,255 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 20 0.9 −0.2
Turnout 2,275 62.7 −0.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.