Electoral results for the district of Darlington
Appearance
Darlington, 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 | William Schey | Independent Labour | |
1895 | Protectionist | ||
1898 | Thomas Clarke | Free Trade | |
1901 | Phillip Sullivan | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Sullivan | 1,194 | 51.9 | ||
Liberal Reform | Thomas Clarke | 1,074 | 46.7 | 1.3 | |
Socialist Labor | John Neill | 33 | 1.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,301 | 99.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,318 | 64.5 | +3.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Clarke | 966 | 50.6 | ||
National Federal | William Schey | 874 | 45.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Hall | 58 | 3.0 | ||
Independent Federalist | Michael Keating | 8 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | James Jones | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,909 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,920 | 60.9 | |||
Free Trade gain from National Federal |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | William Schey | 758 | 47.4 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Clarke | 700 | 43.8 | ||
Labour | Robert Harris | 140 | 8.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,598 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,610 | 62.6 | |||
Member changed to Protectionist from Independent Labour |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labour | William Schey | 844 | 39.1 | ||
Free Trade | William Manuell | 771 | 35.7 | ||
Protectionist | David Davis | 544 | 25.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,159 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,186 | 85.2 | |||
Independent Labour win | (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.