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Electoral results for the district of South Sydney

This article is about the New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Electoral results for the Division of South Sydney.

South Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1880   George Carter None   John Davies None   William Poole None   George Withers None
1882   John Harris None   Joseph Olliffe None
1885   James Toohey None   John Davies None   Archibald Forsyth None
1887   Protectionist   Bernhard Wise Free Trade   George Withers Free Trade   Alban Riley Free Trade
1887 by
1889   William Traill Protectionist   Walter Edmunds Protectionist   James Martin Free Trade
1891   Bernhard Wise Free Trade
1893 by   William Manning Protectionist

Election results edit

Elections in the 1890s edit

1893 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1893 South Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1893 South Sydney by-election
Monday 13 February [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Manning (elected) 1,985 41.7
Free Trade Edward Foxall 1,962 41.2
Labour Frederick Flowers 814 17.1
Total formal votes 4,761 98.7
Informal votes 64 1.3
Turnout 4,825 48.9 [a]
Protectionist hold  
James Toohey (Protectionist) resigned.[4]

1891 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Wednesday 17 June [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Traill (re-elected 1) 2,917 12.0
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (elected 2) 2,808 11.5
Free Trade James Martin (re-elected 3) 2,729 11.2
Protectionist James Toohey (re-elected 4) 2,662 10.9
Protectionist Walter Edmunds (defeated) 2,553 10.5
Protectionist George Dibbs 2,510 10.3
Free Trade Edward Foxall 2,237 9.2
Free Trade John McDonagh 2,136 8.8
Labour Frederick Flowers 2,017 8.3
Labour W Higgs 1,805 7.4
Total formal votes 24,374 99.3
Informal votes 179 0.7
Turnout 6,754 68.5
  Protectionist hold 2  
  Free Trade hold 1, gain 1 from Protectionist

Elections in the 1880s edit

1889 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Saturday 2 February [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Traill (elected 1) 3,036 13.0
Protectionist Walter Edmunds (elected 2) 2,996 12.9
Protectionist James Toohey (re-elected 3) 2,934 12.6
Free Trade James Martin (elected 4) 2,918 12.5
Protectionist John Wright 2,912 12.5
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (defeated) 2,899 12.4
Free Trade Alban Riley (defeated) 2,824 12.1
Free Trade George Pile 2,805 12.0
Total formal votes 23,324 99.9
Informal votes 35 0.2
Turnout 5,819 60.9
  Protectionist hold 1 and gain 2 from Free Trade  
  Free Trade hold 1

1887 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1887 South Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1887 South Sydney by-election
Saturday 4 June [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (re-elected) 2,618 50.4
Protectionist William Traill 2,578 49.6
Total formal votes 5,196 99.1
Informal votes 49 0.9
Turnout 5,245 53.9
Free Trade hold  
Bernhard Wise (Free Trade) was appointed Attorney General in the fourth Parkes ministry.[7]

1887 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Saturday 5 February [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Alban Riley (elected 1) 3,426 20.2
Free Trade Bernhard Wise (elected 2) 3,067 18.1
Free Trade George Withers (elected 3) 2,845 16.8
Protectionist James Toohey (re-elected 4) 1,999 11.8
Protectionist John Davies (defeated) 1,394 8.2
Protectionist Alfred Miller 1,356 8.0
Protectionist Archibald Forsyth (defeated) 1,110 6.5
Protectionist Edward Bennett 1,085 6.4
Independent Michael Simmons 685 4.0
Total formal votes 16,967 99.3
Informal votes 126 0.7
Turnout 6,602 68.6

1885 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Friday 16 October [9]
Candidate Votes %
John Davies (elected 1) 2,444 17.0
James Toohey (elected 2) 2,309 16.1
Joseph Olliffe (re-elected 3) 2,084 14.5
Archibald Forsyth (elected 4) 2,012 14.0
George Withers (defeated) 1,738 12.1
Alfred Miller 1,563 10.9
Edward O'Sullivan 1,130 7.9
William Poole (defeated) 710 4.9
William Richardson 378 2.6
Total formal votes 14,368 98.3
Informal votes 252 1.7
Turnout 6,268 71.9

1882 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Saturday 2 December [10]
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Olliffe (elected 1) 2,672 21.7
John Harris (elected 2) 2,669 21.7
William Poole (re-elected 3) 1,948 15.8
George Withers (re-elected 4) 1,569 12.8
Sydney Burdekin (defeated) 1,412 11.5
John Davies (defeated) 1,345 10.9
George Carter (defeated) 682 5.6
Total formal votes 12,297 98.5
Informal votes 191 1.5
Turnout 4,714 59.6
Sydney Burdekin was a sitting member for Tamworth.

1880 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § South Sydney.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney
Thursday 18 November [11]
Candidate Votes %
John Davies (re-elected 1) 2,707 17.3
George Withers (elected 2) 2,389 15.3
George Carter (elected 3) 2,170 13.9
William Poole (elected 4) 2,158 13.8
Joseph Olliffe 2,125 13.6
Edward Horden 2,115 13.6
John Fitzgerald 1,040 6.7
Alexander Steel 764 4.9
Aaron Wheeler 144 0.9
Total formal votes 15,612 99.2
Informal votes 133 0.8
Turnout 5,648 69.5
  (new seat)
John Davies was a sitting member for East Sydney.

Notes edit

  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,862 at the 1891 election.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1893 South Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1891 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1887 South Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 South Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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