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Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Lang

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Sydney-Lang, 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   Billy Hughes Labour
1895
1898
1901   John Power Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Lang.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Lang [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Power 576 43.8 −9.8
Liberal Reform Evan Jones 447 34.0
Progressive Joseph Chuck 259 19.7 −9.6
Socialist Labor Harry Holland 34 2.6
Total formal votes 1,316 98.8 −0.0
Informal votes 16 1.2 +0.0
Turnout 1,332 56.0 +8.5
Labour hold  
The sitting member was Billy Hughes (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of West Sydney.

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Lang.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 544 53.6
National Federal Joseph Chuck 297 29.3
Independent John Strachan 164 16.2
Independent Federalist David Fealy 10 1.0
Total formal votes 1,015 98.8
Informal votes 12 1.2
Turnout 1,027 47.5
Labour hold  

1895

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Lang.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 525 58.7
Ind. Free Trade John Taylor 283 31.6
Ind. Protectionist Henry Foran 45 5.0
Ind. Free Trade John Anderson 42 4.7
Total formal votes 895 98.6
Informal votes 13 1.4
Turnout 908 55.9
Labour hold  

1894

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Lang.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 533 42.3
Free Trade John Taylor 428 33.9
Protectionist Jack FitzGerald 273 21.7
Ind. Free Trade John Butler 27 2.1
Total formal votes 1,261 97.2
Informal votes 37 2.9
Turnout 1,298 74.8
Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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