Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Phillip

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Sydney-Phillip, 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   Robert Fowler Free Trade
1895   Dick Meagher Protectionist
1895 by   Henry Copeland Protectionist
1898 National Federal
1900 by   Daniel O'Connor Protectionist
1901   Progressive

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-Phillip.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Phillip [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Daniel O'Connor 676 41.4 -16.1
Liberal Reform John Moloney 514 31.5 -2.8
Labour George Barnett 442 27.1
Total formal votes 1,632 99.6 +0.3
Informal votes 6 0.4 -0.3
Turnout 1,638 54.1 +2.9
Progressive hold  

1900 by-election[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1900 Sydney-Phillip colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1900 Sydney-Phillip by-election
Saturday 9 June [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Daniel O'Connor 453 51.9 -5.6
Labour Robert Hollis 319 36.5
Independent Liberal John Moloney 101 11.6
Total formal votes 873 98.8 -0.5
Informal votes 11 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 884 30.8 -20.4
Protectionist hold  
Henry Copeland (Protectionist) was appointed Agent-General in London.[5]

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Phillip.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Phillip [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Henry Copeland 721 57.5
Free Trade Robert Hollis 430 34.3
Ind. Free Trade Ralph Hodgson 103 8.2
Total formal votes 1,254 99.3
Informal votes 9 0.7
Turnout 1,263 51.2
National Federal hold  

1895 by-election[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1895 Sydney-Phillip colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1895 Sydney-Phillip by-election
Monday 14 October [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Henry Copeland 426 47.3 -7.4
Free Trade Ralph Hodgson 303 33.9 -11.4
Labour James Wilson 163 18.2
Ind. Protectionist James Hanrahan [a] 4 0.5
Ind. Free Trade William Dumbrell [a] 1 0.1
Total formal votes 894 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 7 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 901 46.2 [b] -15.6
Protectionist hold  
Dick Meagher (Protectionist) resigned in disgrace in relation to the pardon of George Dean.[7]

1895[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Phillip.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Phillip [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Dick Meagher 655 54.7
Free Trade Robert Fowler 542 45.3
Total formal votes 1,197 99.3
Informal votes 8 0.7
Turnout 1,205 61.8
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Phillip.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Phillip [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Robert Fowler 635 41.5
Protectionist William Manning 518 33.8
Labour James Wilson 364 23.8
Ind. Free Trade Charles Renshaw 15 1.0
Total formal votes 1,532 98.5
Informal votes 24 1.5
Turnout 1,556 78.6
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b James Hanrahan and William Dumbrell withdrew prior to the poll.[7]
  2. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 1,949 at the July 1895 election.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Phillip". 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-Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1900 Sydney-Phillip by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Phillip by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Phillip". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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