election results for Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Surry Hills, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1930.[1][2][3]
The sitting member Henry Hoyle (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription,[6] and did not contest the election.
1913[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Surry Hills.[]
1913 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[7][8]
John Norton (Independent) had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he challenged William Holman to face a by-election and was soundly defeated at the Surry Hills by-election in July 1906, finishing fourth behind Albert Bruntnell (Liberal Reform). At the 1907 general election Bruntnell chose to contest Alexandria but the seat was retained for Liberal Reform by Sir James Graham.
1906 by-election[]
This section is an excerpt from 1906 Surry Hills state by-election § Result.[]
1906 Surry Hills by-election Saturday 21 July [11]
Surry Hills was a new seat consisting of the abolished seat of Sydney-Flinders, which was expanded with part of Randwick and part of the abolished seat of Sydney-Cook.[13]Arthur Nelson (Progressive) was the member for Sydney-Flinders while John Norton (Independent) was the member for Northumberland.
Notes[]
^Estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,172 at the 1904 election.[12]