Electoral district of Newtown-St Peters

Newtown-St Peters 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 St Peters. Along with Newtown-Erskine, it was partly replaced by a recreated Newtown in 1904.[1][2][3]

Members for Newtown-St Peters

MemberPartyTerm
  William Rigg Ind. Free Trade 1894–1895
  Free Trade 1895–1901
  James Fallick Independent Liberal 1901–1904

Election results

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-St Peters[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal James Fallick 790 35.0
Labour George Clark 770 34.2
Liberal Reform William Rigg 662 29.4 -31.9
Independent David Hayes 16 0.7
Independent Progressive James Mitchell 13 0.6 +0.2
Independent Walter Arnold 4 0.2
Total formal votes 2,255 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 20 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 2,275 62.7 -0.5
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-St Peters". 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-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.


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