Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Lang

Sydney-Lang, 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		Billy Hughes	Labour
1895
1898
1901		John Power	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Power	576	43.8	−9.8
	Liberal Reform	Evan Jones	447	34.0
	Progressive	Joseph Chuck	259	19.7	−9.6
	Socialist Labor	Harry Holland	34	2.6
Total formal votes			1,316	98.8	−0.0
Informal votes			16	1.2	+0.0
Turnout			1,332	56.0	+8.5
	Labour hold

The sitting member was Billy Hughes (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of West Sydney.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Hughes	544	53.6
	National Federal	Joseph Chuck	297	29.3
	Independent	John Strachan	164	16.2
	Independent Federalist	David Fealy	10	1.0
Total formal votes			1,015	98.8
Informal votes			12	1.2
Turnout			1,027	47.5
	Labour hold

1895

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

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Hughes	525	58.7
	Ind. Free Trade	John Taylor	283	31.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Henry Foran	45	5.0
	Ind. Free Trade	John Anderson	42	4.7
Total formal votes			895	98.6
Informal votes			13	1.4
Turnout			908	55.9
	Labour hold

1894

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

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Hughes	533	42.3
	Free Trade	John Taylor	428	33.9
	Protectionist	Jack FitzGerald	273	21.7
	Ind. Free Trade	John Butler	27	2.1
Total formal votes			1,261	97.2
Informal votes			37	2.9
Turnout			1,298	74.8
	Labour win		(new seat)

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Lang". 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-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.