Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Denison

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

Elections in the 1900s

1901

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

1898

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

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

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

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.