Electoral district of Newtown-Erskine

Newtown-Erskine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 with the division of the multi-member district of Newtown and named after the inner Sydney suburb of Erskineville or George Erskine, a Wesleyan minister, after whom it was named. Along with Newtown-St Peters, it was partly replaced by a recreated Newtown in 1904.[1][2][3]

Members for Newtown-Erskine

MemberPartyTerm
  Edmund Molesworth Free Trade 1894–1901
  Robert Hollis Labor 1901–1904

Election results

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  

References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-Erskine". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.


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