Electoral results for the district of Surry Hills

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]

ElectionMemberParty
1904   John Norton Independent
1907 by   Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform
1907   Sir James Graham Liberal Reform
1910   Henry Hoyle Labour
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Arthur Buckley Labor

Election results

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Shannon 7,536 66.1
Nationalist William Adkins 3,694 32.4
Independent John Salmon 175 1.5
Total formal votes 11,405 98.6
Informal votes 164 1.4
Turnout 11,569 76.7
Labor win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Buckley 3,585 65.5 -0.1
Nationalist Percy Daly 1,550 28.3 +28.3
Independent Thomas Kohan 272 5.0 +5.0
Independent John Eaton 39 0.7 +0.7
Ind. Socialist Labor Ludwig Klausen 26 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 5,472 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 66 1.2 -0.5
Turnout 5,538 47.1 -12.9
Labor hold Swing-0.1

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Hoyle 4,717 65.6
Independent William Walker 2,393 33.3
Socialist Labor Ludwig Klausen 82 1.1
Total formal votes 7,192 98.3
Informal votes 123 1.7
Turnout 7,315 60.0
Labor hold  

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Hoyle 3,711 60.4
Liberal Reform Sir James Graham 2,399 39.0
Independent John Eaton 38 0.6
Total formal votes 6,148 97.0
Informal votes 191 3.0
Turnout 6,339 67.6
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Sir James Graham 2,227 37.3
Labour John Birt 2,104 35.3
Independent Paddy Crick 1,442 24.2
Independent George Perry 194 3.3
Total formal votes 5,967 96.3
Informal votes 230 3.7
Turnout 6,197 68.4
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  
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

1906 Surry Hills state by-election

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Norton 2,646 45.8
Liberal Reform John Charles Waine 1,982 34.3
Progressive Arthur Nelson 513 8.9
Independent Liberal Richard Watkins Richards 403 7.0
Independent James Henry Lawrence 238 4.1
Independent James Bernard Black 2 0.0
Total formal votes 5,784 98.7
Informal votes 74 1.3
Turnout 5,858 57.0
Independent win (new seat)
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.[11] Arthur Nelson (Progressive) was the member for Sydney-Flinders while John Norton (Independent) was the member for Northumberland.

References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1927 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1917 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1913 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. "The Socialist Labor Party candidates". The People. 13 December 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2020 via Trove.
  8. Green, Antony. "1910 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  9. Green, Antony. "1907 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  10. Green, Antony. "1904 Surry Hills". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  11. "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News. 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019 via Trove.


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