Electoral results for the district of Newtown-Erskine

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Newtown-Erskine, 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   Edmund Molesworth Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Robert Hollis Labor

Election results[]

Elections in the 1900s[]

1901[]

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-Erskine[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Hollis 921 49.7
Liberal Reform Edmund Molesworth 886 47.8 -13.5
Independent Liberal Leopold Bertram 46 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 1,853 99.3 -0.5
Informal votes 14 0.8 +0.5
Turnout 1,867 61.0 +1.3
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s[]

1898[]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Erskine[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Edmund Molesworth 860 61.3
National Federal Harold Morgan 542 38.7
Total formal votes 1,402 99.8
Informal votes 3 0.2
Turnout 1,405 59.7
Free Trade hold  

1895[]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Erskine[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Edmund Molesworth 663 54.8
Labour Robert Hollis 546 45.2
Total formal votes 1,209 99.1
Informal votes 11 0.9
Turnout 1,220 62.6
Free Trade hold  

1894[]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-Erskine[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Edmund Molesworth 747 48.1
Labour Robert Hollis 687 44.2
Ind. Free Trade John Hindle 106 6.8
Ind. Protectionist John Davis 14 0.9
Total formal votes 1,554 98.9
Informal votes 18 1.2
Turnout 1,572 80.2
Free Trade win (new seat)
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Edmund Molesworth (Free Trade) and John Hindle (Labour) were both sitting members for Newtown, while the other two sitting members contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-St Peters.

References[]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr William Thomas Dick (1865-1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.


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