Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Cook

Sydney-Cook, 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]

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Samuel Whiddon Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform

Election results

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Cook[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Cook [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Samuel Whiddon 665 41.2 -11.0
Progressive George Perry 623 38.6 -7.5
Independent John Griffin 170 10.5
Labour Philip Mulholland 135 8.4
Independent Progressive William Hart 17 1.1
Independent Henry Cato 4 0.3
Total formal votes 1,614 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 11 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 1,625 64.4 +7.3
Liberal Reform hold  

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Cook[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Whiddon 593 52.2
National Federal George Lewis 524 46.1
Independent Daniel Healey 17 1.5
Independent Suleman Amein 3 0.3
Total formal votes 1,137 99.4
Informal votes 7 0.6
Turnout 1,144 57.1
Free Trade hold  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Cook[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Whiddon 586 54.8
Protectionist William Traill 484 45.2
Total formal votes 1,070 99.8
Informal votes 2 0.2
Turnout 1,072 63.4
Free Trade hold  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney-Cook[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Whiddon 649 46.4
Protectionist William Traill 473 33.8
Labour James Watson 276 19.7
Total formal votes 1,398 99.4
Informal votes 8 0.6
Turnout 1,406 81.3
Free Trade win (new seat)

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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