Electoral results for the district of University of Sydney

University of Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1876 and abolished in 1880.^[1][2][3][4]

Election	Member		Party
1876 by		William Windeyer	None
1877
1879 by		Edmund Barton	None

Election results

Elections in the 1870s

1879 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1879 University of Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1879 University of Sydney by-election
Tuesday 26 August ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
Edmund Barton (elected)		58	60
Arthur Renwick		38	40
Total formal votes		96	100
Informal votes		0	0
Turnout		96	57

William Windeyer resigned.^[5]

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § University of Sydney.[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: University of Sydney
Tuesday 6 November ^[6]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Windeyer (re-elected)		unopposed

1876 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1876 University of Sydney colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1876 University of Sydney by-election
Friday 8 September ^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Windeyer (elected)		49	53
Edmund Barton		43	47
Total formal votes		92	100
Informal votes		0	0
Turnout		92	83

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of University of Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
3. "Sir William Charles Windeyer (1834–1897)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
4. "Sir Edmund Barton GCMG (1849–1920)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
5. Green, Antony. "August 1879 University of Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1877 University of Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1876 University of Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.