Electoral results for the district of West Sydney
Appearance
West Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1891
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack FitzGerald (elected 1) | 4,174 | 15.8 | ||
Labour | George Black (elected 2) | 4,078 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | Andrew Kelly (elected 3) | 3,798 | 14.3 | ||
Labour | Thomas Davis (elected 4) | 2,730 | 10.3 | ||
Protectionist | John Young | 2,601 | 9.8 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Playfair (defeated) | 2,535 | 9.6 | ||
Free Trade | Daniel O'Connor (defeated) | 2,493 | 9.4 | ||
Free Trade | Francis Abigail (defeated) | 2,326 | 8.8 | ||
Free Trade | Frederick Woolcott-Waley | 1,745 | 6.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 26,480 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 66 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 7,428 | 68.6 | |||
Labour gain 3 from Free Trade and gain 1 from Independent |
1890 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Adolphus Taylor (elected) | 3,455 | 63.8 | ||
Free Trade | John Taylor | 1,963 | 36.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,418 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 116 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,534 | 51.2 | |||
Independent gain from Free Trade |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]1889
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Playfair (elected 1) | 3,896 | 15.5 | ||
Free Trade | Daniel O'Connor (elected 2) | 3,697 | 14.7 | ||
Free Trade | Francis Abigail (elected 3) | 3,678 | 14.6 | ||
Free Trade | Alfred Lamb (elected 4) | 3,552 | 14.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Young | 2,788 | 11.1 | ||
Protectionist | Arthur Nelson | 2,566 | 10.2 | ||
Protectionist | Francis Freehill | 2,549 | 10.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Wearne | 2,416 | 9.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,142 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,977 | 61.2 | |||
Free Trade hold 4 |
1887
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Francis Abigail (re-elected 1) | 3,688 | 19.9 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Kethel (re-elected 2) | 3,450 | 18.6 | ||
Free Trade | George Merriman (elected 3) | 3,049 | 16.4 | ||
Free Trade | Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 4) | 2,988 | 16.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Young (defeated) | 2,246 | 12.1 | ||
Protectionist | Arthur Nelson | 1,212 | 6.5 | ||
Protectionist | William Westman | 977 | 5.3 | ||
Free Trade | William Pritchard | 972 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,582 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 189 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,429 | 64.5 |
1885
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Kethel (elected 1) | 3,515 | 21.0 | |
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 2) | 3,057 | 18.3 | |
Francis Abigail (re-elected 3) | 3,043 | 18.2 | |
John Young (elected 4) | 2,870 | 17.2 | |
Angus Cameron (defeated) | 2,388 | 14.3 | |
George Merriman (defeated) | 1,853 | 11.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,726 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 140 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 7,140 | 68.4 |
1882
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 1) | 2,967 | 20.7 | |
George Merriman (elected 2) | 2,519 | 17.5 | |
Francis Abigail (re-elected 3) | 2,340 | 16.3 | |
Angus Cameron (re-elected 4) | 2,176 | 15.2 | |
William Martin (defeated) | 2,070 | 14.4 | |
Edward O'Sullivan | 1,627 | 11.3 | |
Charles Pilcher (defeated) | 362 | 2.5 | |
Jeremiah Murphy | 306 | 2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 14,367 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 166 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 5,416 | 58.1 |
1880
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Angus Cameron (re-elected 1) | 3,070 | 18.5 | |
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 2) | 2,687 | 16.2 | |
Francis Abigail (elected 3) | 2,226 | 13.4 | |
William Martin (elected 4) | 2,206 | 13.3 | |
John Harris (defeated) | 2,033 | 12.2 | |
Thomas White | 1,197 | 7.2 | |
Charles Roberts | 1,109 | 6.7 | |
David Buchanan | 999 | 6.0 | |
John Harris Snr | 571 | 3.4 | |
William Roylance | 511 | 3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,609 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 216 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 5,858 | 66.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]1877
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Merriman (elected 1) | 2,929 | 15.9 | |
Angus Cameron (re-elected 2) | 2,373 | 12.9 | |
Daniel O'Connor (elected 3) | 2,249 | 12.2 | |
John Harris (elected 4) | 2,117 | 11.5 | |
Henry Dangar (defeated) | 2,010 | 10.9 | |
Sir John Robertson (defeated) | 1,892 | 10.3 | |
Thomas White | 1,602 | 8.7 | |
George Dibbs (defeated) | 1,394 | 7.6 | |
Jacob Garrard | 675 | 3.7 | |
Benjamin Palmer | 627 | 3.4 | |
Joseph O'Connor | 404 | 2.2 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 111 | 0.6 | |
Henry Fisher | 74 | 0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 18,457 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 6,542 | 64.8 |
1877 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sir John Robertson (re-elected) | 1,703 | 54.6 | |
Thomas White | 1,414 | 45.4 | |
Total formal votes | 3,117 | 97.0 | |
Informal votes | 97 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 3,214 | 31.8 [a] |
1874
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Robertson (re-elected 1) | 2,705 | 17.6 | |
George Dibbs (elected 2) | 2,294 | 15.0 | |
Henry Dangar (elected 3) | 2,207 | 14.4 | |
Angus Cameron (elected 4) | 2,129 | 13.9 | |
George Thornton | 1,888 | 12.3 | |
Joseph Wearne (defeated) | 1,746 | 11.4 | |
Joseph O'Connor (defeated) | 1,659 | 10.8 | |
Walter Cooper (defeated) | 436 | 2.8 | |
Joseph Raphael (defeated) | 267 | 1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 15,331 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 5,574 | 63.0 |
1872
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Wearne (re-elected 1) | 2,997 | 20.7 | |
John Booth (elected 2) | 2,925 | 20.2 | |
John Robertson (re-elected 3) | 2,058 | 14.2 | |
Joseph Raphael (elected 4) | 1,966 | 13.6 | |
George Lloyd (defeated) | 1,789 | 12.4 | |
William Windeyer (defeated) | 1,512 | 10.4 | |
Robert Campbell | 717 | 5.0 | |
Samuel Goold | 371 | 2.6 | |
Richard Dransfield | 90 | 0.6 | |
Henry Fisher | 64 | 0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 14,489 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,851 | 53.1 |
December 1870 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Robertson (re-elected 1) | 2,536 | 38.7 | |
William Windeyer (re-elected 2) | 2,393 | 36.6 | |
Joseph O'Connor | 1,617 | 24.7 | |
Total formal votes | 6,546 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,214 | 34.8 |
March 1870 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Robertson (elected) | 2,482 | 57.4 | |
John Stewart | 1,832 | 42.3 | |
Nicholas Eagar | 12 | 0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,326 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,326 | 47.7 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]1869
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Wearne (elected 1) | 2,977 | 17.8 | |
John Robertson (re-elected 2) | 2,829 | 17.0 | |
William Windeyer (re-elected 3) | 2,739 | 16.4 | |
William Speer (elected 4) | 2,664 | 16.0 | |
William Campbell (defeated) | 2,602 | 15.6 | |
Geoffrey Eagar (defeated) | 2,353 | 14.1 | |
Alexander Richardson | 526 | 3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 16,690 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 5,172 | 57.1 |
1868 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Campbell (elected) | 2,175 | 52.2 | |
Joseph Wearne | 1,982 | 47.5 | |
Richard Dransfield | 13 | 0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,170 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,170 | 48.6 |
1866 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Windeyer (elected) | 869 | 52.4 | |
John Robertson (defeated) | 789 | 47.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,658 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,658 | 21.2 |
October 1865 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Robertson (elected) | unopposed |
July 1865 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Geoffrey Eagar (elected) | 1,314 | 53.8 | |
William Love | 1,130 | 46.2 | |
Total formal votes | 2,444 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,444 | 31.3 |
February 1865 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Robertson (re-elected 1) | 1,113 | 40.2 | |
John Darvall (re-elected 2) | 1,033 | 37.4 | |
Daniel Dalgleish | 620 | 22.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,766 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,383 | 18.7 [b] |
1864
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Robertson (re-elected 1) | 2,270 | 18.3 | |
John Lang (re-elected 2) | 2,248 | 18.1 | |
Samuel Joseph (elected 3) | 2,183 | 17.6 | |
John Darvall (re-elected 4) | 2,012 | 16.2 | |
Geoffrey Eagar (defeated) | 1,473 | 11.9 | |
Daniel Dalgleish (defeated) | 1,187 | 9.6 | |
William Love (defeated) | 662 | 5.3 | |
James Murphy | 373 | 3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 12,408 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 4,056 | 54.9 |
October 1863 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Geoffrey Eagar (re-elected) | 883 | 95.9 | |
Jabez Bunting | 38 | 4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 921 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 921 | 12.9 |
January 1863 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Geoffrey Eagar (elected) | 1,315 | 48.7 | |
William Speer | 1,202 | 44.5 | |
William Moffatt | 184 | 6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,701 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,701 | 41.8 |
1860
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lang (re-elected 1) | 1,751 | 16.4 | |
William Windeyer (re-elected 2) | 1,725 | 16.1 | |
William Love (elected 3) | 1,538 | 14.4 | |
Daniel Dalgleish (elected 4) | 1,426 | 13.3 | |
John Plunkett (defeated) | 1,303 | 12.2 | |
James Martin | 1,111 | 10.4 | |
Robert Tooth | 837 | 7.8 | |
J G White | 485 | 4.5 | |
William Dalley | 215 | 2.0 | |
Thomas Broughton (defeated) | 215 | 2.0 | |
Julius Berncastle | 94 | 0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 10,700 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,347 | 54.1 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]1859
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lang (elected 1) | 2,148 | 19.7 | |
James Pemell (elected 2) | 1,957 | 17.9 | |
Thomas Broughton (elected 3) | 1,799 | 16.5 | |
John Plunkett (re-elected 4) | 1,744 | 16.0 | |
Robert Stewart | 1,668 | 15.3 | |
Daniel Deniehy (defeated) | 1,450 | 13.3 | |
Thomas Duigan | 143 | 1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 10,909 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,661 | 57.0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,097 at October 1877.[11]
- ^ Antony Green's estimate is based on based on each person voting for two candidates.[22] If the 620 people who voted for Dalgleish had plumped for him, as claimed at the declaration of the poll,[23] the turnout would have been around 1,733, 23%.
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1890 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1889 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1887 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1885 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1882 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1880 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1877 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1877 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1872 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1870 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "March 1870 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "October 1868 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1866 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "October 1865 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "July 1865 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Green, Antony. "February 1865 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "West Sydney election: declaration of the poll". The Empire. 20 February 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Sir John Bayley Darvall MA, QC (1809-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "October 1863 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Election for West Sydney: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 October 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 7 November 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for West Sydney: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 October 1863. p. 5. Retrieved 17 June 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "October 1863 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1860 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1859 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.