Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Cook
Appearance
Sydney-Cook, 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 | Samuel Whiddon | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Samuel Whiddon | 665 | 41.2 | −11.0 | |
Progressive | George Perry | 623 | 38.6 | −7.5 | |
Independent | John Griffin | 170 | 10.5 | ||
Labour | Philip Mulholland | 135 | 8.4 | ||
Ind. Progressive | William Hart | 17 | 1.1 | ||
Independent | Henry Cato | 4 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,614 | 99.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,625 | 64.4 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Samuel Whiddon | 593 | 52.2 | ||
National Federal | George Lewis | 524 | 46.1 | ||
Independent | Daniel Healey | 17 | 1.5 | ||
Independent | Suleman Amein | 3 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,137 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,144 | 57.1 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Samuel Whiddon | 586 | 54.8 | ||
Protectionist | William Traill | 484 | 45.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,070 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,072 | 63.4 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Samuel Whiddon | 649 | 46.4 | ||
Protectionist | William Traill | 473 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | James Watson | 276 | 19.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,398 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,406 | 81.3 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.