Summary
Sydney-Cook was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 in inner Sydney from part of the electoral district of South Sydney and named after James Cook.[1][2][3]
Members for Cook edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Whiddon | Free Trade | 1894–1901 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 | ||
History edit
Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Sydney-Cook.[4] Sydney-Cook consisted of a southern part of the four member district of South Sydney.[5] It was in southern Surry Hills bounded by Foveaux Street in the north, Cleveland Street in the south and Elizabeth Street in the west, while the eastern boundary was a dog-leg from Riley Street south to Tudor Street, east via Davies Street and Nobbs Street and then South Dowling Street.[6] In 1904, it was replaced by Surry Hills.
Election results edit
| 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 | ||
| Ind. 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 | |||||
References edit
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mr Samuel Thomas Whiddon (1848-1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6682. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.