Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Pyrmont

Sydney-Pyrmont, 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		Thomas Davis	Labour
1895
1898		Samuel Smith	Labour
1901
1902 by		John McNeill	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1902 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1902 Sydney-Pyrmont state by-election § Result.[edit]

1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election
Saturday 24 May ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McNeill (elected)	875	68.2	−24.1
	Independent Labour	Andrew Cochrane	370	28.8
	Progressive	Thomas Gollan	25	1.9
	Independent	John Behan	13	1.0
Total formal votes			1,283	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			19	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			1,302	55.3 [a]	+8.4
	Labour hold

Sam Smith (Labour) resigned.^[4]

1901

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

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Pyrmont ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Smith	1,008	92.3	+39.5
	Independent Liberal	John Sergeant	84	7.7
Total formal votes			1,092	98.8	−0.3
Informal votes			13	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			1,105	46.9	−11.8
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

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

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Smith	616	52.8
	National Federal	Daniel O'Connor	383	32.8
	Independent	John Carter	152	13.0
	Ind. Free Trade	Frederick Marshall	16	1.4
Total formal votes			1,167	99.2
Informal votes			10	0.9
Turnout			1,177	58.7
	Labour hold

1895

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Davis	477	47.6
	Ind. Free Trade	John Carter	374	37.3
	Ind. Protectionist	Cyrus Fuller	141	14.1
	Independent	Thomas Houghton	5	0.5
	Ind. Protectionist	George Perry	5	0.5
Total formal votes			1,002	97.9
Informal votes			22	2.2
Turnout			1,024	59.4
	Labour hold

1894

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Davis	716	52.2
	Free Trade	John Carter	394	28.7
	Ind. Protectionist	Cyrus Fuller	197	14.4
	Ind. Free Trade	George Landers	64	4.7
Total formal votes			1,371	98.6
Informal votes			19	1.4
Turnout			1,390	80.4
	Labour win		(new seat)

Notes

1. based on a roll of 2,356 at the 1901 election.^[5]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Pyrmont". 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. "1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
5. Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.