election results for state seat of St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
St Leonards, 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]
This was the third and final contest for St Leonards between Edward Clark and Thomas Creswell. Clark, as the selected Liberal Reform candidate defeated Cresswell at the 1901 election.[8] Creswell then defeated Clark to be selected as the Liberal Reform candidate in 1904,[9] before comfortably beating him at the election.[10] Cresswell however lost Liberal preselection for the seat in 1907 to John Carter,[11] wth Clark defeating both Cresswell and Carter to regain the seat.[7]
1904[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[]
St Leonards lost part of the district to Lane Cove and was expanded to include part of Warringah. The member for St Leonards was Edward Clark (Liberal Reform), who had defeated Thomas Creswell as an independent liberal candidate at the 1901 election. For 1904 Creswell was selected as the official Liberal candidate while Clark ran as an independent liberal candidate.[13]
1901[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards Wednesday 17 June [18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Free Trade
Sir Henry Parkes(re-elected 1)
2,510
24.1
Free Trade
Joseph Cullen(re-elected 2)
2,359
22.6
Labour
Edward Clark(elected 3)
1,917
18.4
Free Trade
John Burns (defeated)
1,808
17.3
Protectionist
Francis Punch
1,345
12.9
Ind.Free Trade
Jonathan Seaver (defeated)
494
4.7
Total formal votes
10,433
99.0
Informal votes
102
1.0
Turnout
4,532
61.4
Free Tradehold 2
Labourgain 1 from Free Trade
Jonathan Seaver was the member for Gloucester, a staunch free trader who contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership of Sir Henry Parkes.[18]
Elections in the 1880s[]
1889[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards Saturday 2 February [19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Free Trade
Sir Henry Parkes(elected 1)
2,221
27.3
Free Trade
Joseph Cullen(elected 2)
1,922
23.6
Free Trade
John Burns(elected 3)
1,575
19.3
Free Trade
Edward Clark
1,372
16.8
Protectionist
J Griffin
1,057
13.0
Total formal votes
8,147
99.1
Informal votes
78
1.0
Turnout
3,708
58.4
Free Trade hold 2 and win 1
(1 new seat)
1887 by-election[]
This section is an excerpt from 1887 St Leonards colonial by-election § Result.[]
Sir Henry Parkes was the member for Argyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge the PremierGeorge Dibbs. Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contesting The Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.
1882[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards Tuesday 5 December [23]
Candidate
Votes
%
Bernhardt Holtermann (elected 1)
965
30.9
George Dibbs (elected 2)
962
30.8
Cunningham Atchison
713
22.8
Philip Richardson
327
10.5
William Muston
86
2.8
Sir Henry Parkes
70
2.2
Total formal votes
3,123
98.5
Informal votes
49
1.5
Turnout
1,926
62.5
(1 new seat)
Sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Parramatta and subsequently successfully contested New England. After Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield where he was elected unopposed. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.
1880[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards Monday 22 November [24]