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Electoral results for the district of St Leonards

St Leonards, 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]

Single-member (1859–1882)
Member Party Term
1859   Edward Sayers None
1860 by   James Farnell None
1860   Isaac Shepherd None
1864   William Tunks None
1869
1872
1874   James Farnell None
1877
1880 Member Party
1882   George Dibbs None   Bernhardt Holtermann None
1885   Sir Henry Parkes None   Isaac Ives None
1887   Free Trade   Free Trade
1887 by Member Party
1889   Joseph Cullen Free Trade   John Burns Free Trade
1891   Edward Clark Labour
1894
1895   Edward Clark Free Trade
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904   Thomas Creswell Liberal Reform
1907   Edward Clark Independent
1910   Arthur Cocks Liberal Reform
1913
1917   Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Cocks 3,992 65.5 +11.4
Labor Robert Edwards 2,052 33.7 −10.0
Independent Frederick Clancy 53 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 6,097 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 80 1.3 −1.6
Turnout 6,177 51.4 −11.6
Nationalist hold Swing +11.4

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Arthur Cocks 4,042 54.1
Labor George Down 3,264 43.7
Independent Frederick Meyer 86 1.2
Independent Peter Pollack 78 1.0
Total formal votes 7,470 97.1
Informal votes 221 2.9
Turnout 7,691 63.0
Liberal Reform hold  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Arthur Cocks 3,382 46.0 +15.2
Labour George Down 2,232 30.4 +21.0
Independent Liberal Edward Clark (defeated) 1,735 23.6 −13.4
Total formal votes 7,349 99.6 +2.0
Informal votes 29 0.4 −2.0
Turnout 7,378 68.1 −3.8
1910 New South Wales state election: St Leonards - Second Round [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Arthur Cocks 4,443 57.3 +26.5
Labour George Down 3,317 42.7 +33.3
Total formal votes 7,760 99.7 +2.1
Informal votes 23 0.3 −2.1
Turnout 7,783 71.8 −0.1
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Clark 2,366 37.0 −0.5
Liberal Reform John Carter 1,972 30.8 −18.9
Independent Liberal Herbert McIntosh 909 14.2
Labour Herbert Milner 600 9.4 −0.9
Independent Liberal Thomas Creswell (defeated) 549 8.6
Total formal votes 6,396 97.6
Informal votes 156 2.4
Turnout 6,552 71.9
Independent gain from Liberal Reform Swing +9.2
This was the third and final contest for St Leonards between Edward Clark and Thomas Creswell. Clark, as the selected Liberal Reform candidate defeated Cresswell at the 1901 election.[8] Creswell then defeated Clark to be selected as the Liberal Reform candidate in 1904,[9] before comfortably beating him at the election.[10] Cresswell however lost Liberal preselection for the seat in 1907 to John Carter,[11] with Clark defeating both Cresswell and Carter to regain the seat.[7]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Creswell 2,164 49.8
Independent Liberal Edward Clark 1,630 37.5
Labour George Down 445 10.2
Independent Fountain Winter 99 2.3
Independent Liberal Charles Lloyd 10 0.2
Independent David Middleton 1 0.0
Total formal votes 4,349 99.0
Informal votes 45 1.0
Turnout 4,394 55.9
Liberal Reform hold  
St Leonards lost part of the district to Lane Cove and was expanded to include part of Warringah. The member for St Leonards was Edward Clark (Liberal Reform), who had defeated Thomas Creswell as an independent liberal candidate at the 1901 election. For 1904 Creswell was selected as the official Liberal candidate while Clark ran as an independent liberal candidate.[13]

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Edward Clark 1,066 53.7 −11.9
Independent Liberal Thomas Creswell 801 40.3
Labour Peter O'Connell 119 6.0
Total formal votes 1,986 99.5 +0.4
Informal votes 11 0.6 −0.4
Turnout 1,997 59.3 +1.8
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Edward Clark 1,080 63.5
National Federal Fountain Winter 421 24.8
Independent Federalist Andrew Eaton 190 11.2
Independent Federalist Robert Moodie 9 0.5
Total formal votes 1,700 99.0
Informal votes 17 1.0
Turnout 1,717 57.5
Free Trade hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Edward Clark 996 62.4
Ind. Free Trade William Goddard 601 37.6
Total formal votes 1,597 99.0
Informal votes 16 1.0
Turnout 1,613 68.0
Free Trade hold  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sir Henry Parkes 1,028 50.8
Ind. Free Trade Edward Clark 825 40.8
Protectionist Francis Punch 159 7.9
Ind. Free Trade William Stoddart 8 0.4
Ind. Free Trade James Ford 2 0.1
Total formal votes 2,022 99.3
Informal votes 15 0.7
Turnout 2,037 83.9
Free Trade win (previously 3 members)

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 17 June [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) 2,510 24.1
Free Trade Joseph Cullen (re-elected 2) 2,359 22.6
Labour Edward Clark (elected 3) 1,917 18.4
Free Trade John Burns (defeated) 1,808 17.3
Protectionist Francis Punch 1,345 12.9
Ind. Free Trade Jonathan Seaver (defeated) 494 4.7
Total formal votes 10,433 99.0
Informal votes 102 1.0
Turnout 4,532 61.4
  Free Trade hold 2  
  Labour gain 1 from Free Trade
Jonathan Seaver was the member for Gloucester, a staunch free trader who contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership of Sir Henry Parkes.[18]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Saturday 2 February [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sir Henry Parkes (elected 1) 2,221 27.3
Free Trade Joseph Cullen (elected 2) 1,922 23.6
Free Trade John Burns (elected 3) 1,575 19.3
Free Trade Edward Clark 1,372 16.8
Protectionist J Griffin 1,057 13.0
Total formal votes 8,147 99.1
Informal votes 78 1.0
Turnout 3,708 58.4
  Free Trade hold 2 and win 1 (1 new seat)

1887 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1887 St Leonards colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1887 St Leonards by-election
Monday 24 October [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sir Henry Parkes (elected) unopposed
Free Trade hold  
Sir Henry Parkes (Free Trade) resigned due to insolvency.[20]

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 2 February [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected) unopposed
Free Trade Isaac Ives (re-elected) unopposed

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Friday 16 October [22]
Candidate Votes %
Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) 1,506 33.4
Isaac Ives (re-elected 2) 1,149 25.5
George Dibbs (defeated) 1,039 23.0
Edward Clark 819 18.2
Total formal votes 4,513 98.7
Informal votes 60 1.3
Turnout 3,008 70.5
Sir Henry Parkes was the member for Argyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge the Premier George Dibbs. Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contesting The Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Tuesday 5 December [23]
Candidate Votes %
Bernhardt Holtermann (elected 1) 965 30.9
George Dibbs (elected 2) 962 30.8
Cunningham Atchison 713 22.8
Philip Richardson 327 10.5
William Muston 86 2.8
Sir Henry Parkes 70 2.2
Total formal votes 3,123 98.5
Informal votes 49 1.5
Turnout 1,926 62.5
  (1 new seat)
Sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Parramatta and subsequently successfully contested New England. After Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield where he was elected unopposed. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Monday 22 November [24]
Candidate Votes %
James Farnell (re-elected) 869 55.3
Bernard Holtermann 703 44.7
Total formal votes 1,572 96.8
Informal votes 52 3.2
Turnout 1,624 59.8

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 31 October [25]
Candidate Votes %
James Farnell (re-elected) unopposed  

1874

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Monday 21 December 1874 [26]
Candidate Votes %
James Farnell (elected) 856 64.0
Bernard Holtermann 471 35.2
James French 7 0.5
Edward Lord 4 0.3
Total formal votes 1,338 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,338 59.8

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 6 March [27]
Candidate Votes %
William Tunks (re-elected) 686 65.8
James Byrnes 342 32.8
W Wardle 9 0.9
James French 5 0.5
Total formal votes 1,042 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,044 49.8

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Monday 20 December 1869 [28]
Candidate Votes %
William Tunks (re-elected) 752 56.5
William Forster (defeated) 579 43.5
Total formal votes 1,331 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,331 67.0

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 7 December 1864 [29]
Candidate Votes %
William Tunks (elected) 591 51.8
Edward Sayers 550 48.2
Total formal votes 1,141 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,141 57.2

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 19 December [30]
Candidate Votes %
Isaac Shepherd (elected) 580 68.4
George McIntosh 252 29.7
James Martin 16 1.9
Total formal votes 848 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 850 46.9
The sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Goldfields West and then Central Cumberland.

1860 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1860 St Leonards colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1860 St Leonards by-election
Wednesday 2 May [31]
Candidate Votes %
James Farnell (elected) 382 52.7
Isaac Shepherd 343 47.3
Total formal votes 725 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 725 49.1
Edward Sayers resigned.[31]

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Friday 17 June [32]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Sayers (elected) 389 47.3
Isaac Shepherd 319 38.8
James Farnell 115 14.0
Total formal votes 823 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 823 55.8

References

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