Electoral results for the district of Newtown-St Peters

Newtown-St Peters, 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][4]

ElectionMemberParty
1894   William Rigg Ind. Free Trade
1895   Free Trade
1898
1901   James Fallick Independent Liberal

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-St Peters[5]
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  

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Rigg 1,031 61.3
National Federal George Edwards 628 37.3
Independent William Sherley 12 0.7
Independent Federalist James Mitchell 7 0.4
Independent Federalist Ernest Dent 5 0.3
Independent Federalist George, St George 0 0.0
Total formal votes 1,683 98.9
Informal votes 19 1.1
Turnout 1,702 63.3
Free Trade hold  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Rigg 920 62.0
Labour Frederick Flowers 342 23.0
Protectionist Herbert Shaw 141 9.5
Ind. Free Trade Ernest Guile 76 5.1
Independent Archibald McKechnie 4 0.3
Independent James Onan 2 0.1
Total formal votes 1,485 98.6
Informal votes 21 1.4
Turnout 1,506 65.8
Free Trade hold  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade William Rigg 870 43.6
Ind. Free Trade Francis Cotton 507 25.4
Labour Thomas Beasley 462 23.2
Protectionist John Bowes 155 7.8
Total formal votes 1,994 99.3
Informal votes 14 0.7
Turnout 2,008 86.0
Ind. Free Trade win (new seat)
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Francis Cotton (Labour) was a sitting member for Newtown. The other three sitting members for Newtown contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. William Rigg (Independent Free Trade) was the Mayor of Newtown. John Bowes (Protectionist) was the sitting member for the abolished seat of Morpeth.

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 25 September 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Mr William Rigg (1847-1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. "Mr James Fallick (1853–1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1898 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1895 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1894 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.


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