Electoral results for the district of Sydney-King

Sydney-King, 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		Party
1894	George Reid	Free Trade
1894 by
1895
1898
1901	Ernest Broughton	Progressive

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-King ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Ernest Broughton	550	37.6	−8.3
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Hughes	532	36.3	−17.3
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	150	10.3
	Independent	Ernest Thompson	128	8.7
	Independent Liberal	Fred Walsh	91	6.2
	Independent	David Fealy	9	0.6
	Independent Liberal	Vincent Taylor	4	0.3
Total formal votes			1,464	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			15	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			1,479	53.0	−1.1
	Progressive gain from Liberal Reform

The sitting member was George Reid (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of East Sydney.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	George Reid	761	53.6
	National Federal	Edmund Barton	651	45.9
	Independent	Robert Reid	8	0.6
Total formal votes			1,420	99.3
Informal votes			10	0.7
Turnout			1,430	54.0
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	George Reid	610	56.1
	Independent	Henry Parkes	478	43.9
Total formal votes			1,088	99.5
Informal votes			5	0.5
Turnout			1,093	59.2
	Free Trade hold

1894 by-election

1894 Sydney-King by-election
Saturday 11 August ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	George Reid (re-elected)	801	80.3	+19.4
	Independent	Adolphus Taylor	190	19.0
	Independent	Harry Foran	6	0.6
Total formal votes			997	99.4	+1.0
Informal votes			6	0.6	−1.0
Turnout			1,003	53.0 ^[a]	−19.3
	Free Trade hold

George Reid (Free Trade) was appointed Premier and Colonial Treasurer, forming the Reid ministry.^[7]

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-King ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	George Reid	819	60.9
	Labour	George Reeve	347	25.8
	Protectionist	John Gannon	164	12.2
	Ind. Free Trade	Ivan Henry	12	0.9
	Ind. Free Trade	William Maguire	4	0.3
Total formal votes			1,346	98.4
Informal votes			22	1.6
Turnout			1,368	72.3
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Notes

^ Estimate based on a roll of 1,892 at the 1894 election.^[8]

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[9] Estimate based on a roll of 1,892 at the 1894 election.^[8]

[Green_Sydney-King-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Sydney-King-4] Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Sydney-King-5] Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Sydney-King-6] Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[1894_Sydney-King_colonial_by-election_Green-7] Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Sydney-King-8] Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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