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Electoral district of Sydney-Pyrmont

Summary

Sydney-Pyrmont was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, partly replacing the multi-member electorate of West Sydney.[1][2][3] It was named after and included the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont, consisting of the entire peninsula north of Fig Street and east of Wattle Street.[4][5] In 1904, it was largely replaced by Pyrmont, which also absorbed part of the abolished district of Sydney-Denison.[6]

Members for Sydney-Pyrmont edit

Member Party Term
  Thomas Davis Labour 1894–1898
  Samuel Smith Labour 1898–1902
  John McNeill Labour 1902–1904

Election results edit

1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election
Saturday 24 May [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McNeill (elected) 875 68.2 -24.1
Independent Labor Andrew Cochrane 370 28.8
Progressive Thomas Gollan 25 1.9
Independent John Behan 13 1.0
Total formal votes 1,283 98.5 -0.3
Informal votes 19 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 1,302 55.3 [a] +8.4
Labour hold  
Sam Smith (Labour) resigned.[7]

Notes edit

  1. ^ based on a roll of 2,356 at the 1901 election.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1902 and Electorates Redistribution Act 1904". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2367. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2020.