Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Fitzroy

Sydney-Fitzroy, 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		Henry Chapman	Free Trade
1895		John McElhone	Ind. Free Trade
1898 by		John Norton	Protectionist
1898		Henry Chapman	Free Trade
1901		Daniel Levy	Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Fitzroy ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Daniel Levy	605	35.9
	Independent Liberal	Arthur McElhone	381	22.6
	Independent	Henry Chapman	379	22.5
	Labour	Donald McKinnon	121	7.2
	Ind. Progressive	Harry Foran	108	6.4
	Independent	Denis O'Sullivan	71	4.2
	Independent	Callaghan Garvan	20	1.2
Total formal votes			1,685	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			15	0.9	−0.1
Turnout			1,700	56.5	−2.7
	Liberal Reform hold

At the 1898 election Henry Chapman was elected as a Liberal Reform representative, while Daniel Levy had stood as an independent.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Henry Chapman	815	51.2
	National Federal	John Norton	767	48.2
	Independent Federalist	Percy Tighe	5	0.3
	Ind. Free Trade	Daniel Levy	3	0.2
	Independent Federalist	Patrick Dorahy	1	0.1
Total formal votes			1,591	99.1
Informal votes			15	0.9
Turnout			1,606	59.2
	Free Trade gain from Ind. Free Trade

John McElhone (Independent Free Trade) died in 1898 and John Norton (National Federal) had won the seat in a by-election.

1898 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1898 Sydney-Fitzroy colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1898 Sydney-Fitzroy by-election
Friday 3 June ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John Norton (elected)	617	43.2
	Free Trade	Henry Chapman	546	38.2	+2.2
	Protectionist	Patrick Dorahy	166	11.6
	Protectionist	William Martin	99	6.9
Total formal votes			1,428	99.3	−
Informal votes			10	0.7	−
Turnout			1,438	66.7 [a]	+3.4
	Protectionist gain from Ind. Free Trade

John McElhone (Ind. Free Trade) died.^[6]

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Free Trade	John McElhone	624	46.0
	Free Trade	Henry Chapman	488	36.0
	Independent	Henry Harris	163	12.0
	Labour	Henry Cato	82	6.0
Total formal votes			1,357	99.3
Informal votes			9	0.7
Turnout			1,366	63.3
	Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Fitzroy.[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Henry Chapman	666	39.5
	Ind. Free Trade	John McElhone	422	25.0
	Labour	Henry Cato	355	21.1
	Ind. Free Trade	William Morrison	180	10.7
	Ind. Protectionist	Henry Foran	32	1.9
	Ind. Protectionist	Charles Forssberg	17	1.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Robert Roberts	13	0.8
Total formal votes			1,685	98.7
Informal votes			23	1.4
Turnout			1,708	77.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Notes

1. Estimate based on a roll of 2,157 at the 1895 election.^[7]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Fitzroy". 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-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Fitzroy by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
7. Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Fitzroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.