Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Denison

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Sydney-Denison, 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][4]

Election Member Party
1894   (Sir) Matthew Harris Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Andrew Kelly Labour

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Denison.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Denison [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Kelly 804 53.9
Liberal Reform George Harris 570 38.2 -22.2
Independent Liberal William Watts 83 5.6
Independent James Hynes 35 2.4
Total formal votes 1,492 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 20 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 1,512 61.4 +8.8
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member Sir Matthew Harris (Liberal Reform) did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Denison.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Denison [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Matthew Harris 604 60.4
National Federal William Henson 376 37.6
Independent Alexander Hutchison 16 1.6
Independent Thomas O'Reilly 4 0.4
Total formal votes 1,000 98.8
Informal votes 12 1.2
Turnout 1,012 52.6
Free Trade hold  

1895[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Denison.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Denison [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Matthew Harris 674 61.6
Protectionist Henry Macnamara 421 38.5
Total formal votes 1,095 99.2
Informal votes 9 0.8
Turnout 1,104 62.7
Free Trade hold  

1894[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Denison.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Denison [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Matthew Harris 590 42.5
Protectionist Andrew Kelly 417 30.0
Labour Andrew Thompson 208 15.0
Ind. Free Trade Henry Willis 141 10.2
Ind. Protectionist Walter Dorman 33 2.4
Total formal votes 1,389 98.5
Informal votes 21 1.5
Turnout 1,410 79.8
Free Trade win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Denison". 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. ^ "Sir Matthew Harris (1841-1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Andrew Joseph Kelly (1854–1913)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Denison". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Denison". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Denison". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Denison". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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