Electoral results for the district of Wilcannia

Wilcannia, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1889 and abolished in 1904.^[1][2][3][4]

Election	Member		Party
1889		Edward Dickens	Protectionist
1891
1894		Richard Sleath	Labour
1895
1898
1901			Independent Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

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

1901 New South Wales state election: Wilcannia ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Richard Sleath	637	47.9	−24.1
	Labour	John Buzacott	414	31.1
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Bell	280	21.0
Total formal votes			1,331	99.3	−0.3
Informal votes			10	0.8	+0.3
Turnout			1,341	52.5	+9.9
	Member changed to Independent Labour from Labour

Elections in the 1890s

1898

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

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Sleath	770	72.0
	National Federal	Edmond O'Donnell	300	28.0
Total formal votes			1,070	99.5
Informal votes			5	0.5
Turnout			1,075	42.6
	Labour hold

1895

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

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Sleath	unopposed
	Labour hold

1894

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

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Sleath	971	67.7
	Protectionist	Edward Dickens	463	32.3
Total formal votes			1,434	98.3
Informal votes			25	1.7
Turnout			1,459	77.8
	Labour gain from Protectionist

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Wilcannia.[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia
Saturday 20 June ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Edward Dickens (re-elected)	unopposed
	Protectionist hold

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Wilcannia.[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia
Wednesday 13 February ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Edward Dickens (elected)	209	68.3
	Free Trade	Charles Fartiere	97	31.7
Total formal votes			306	97.8
Informal votes			7	2.2
Turnout			313	25.6
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Wilcannia and Sturt were new seats split off from Wentworth which previously returned two members.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
3. "Mr Richard Sleath (1863–1922)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
4. "Mr Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (1852-1902)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
5. Green, Antony. "1901 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1898 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1895 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1894 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
9. Green, Antony. "1891 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
10. Green, Antony. "1889 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.