Electoral results for the district of St Leonards
Appearance
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) | ||||||
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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 | Sir 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
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]1889
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (elected) | unopposed | |||
Free Trade hold |
1887
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Free Trade | Isaac Ives (re-elected) | unopposed |
1885
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
1882
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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) |
1880
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
[edit]1877
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Farnell (re-elected) | unopposed |
1874
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]1869
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
1860 by-election
[edit]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 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]1859
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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