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 WhiddonFree Trade
1895
1898
1901 Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Cook[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal ReformSamuel Whiddon66541.2-11.0
ProgressiveGeorge Perry62338.6-7.5
IndependentJohn Griffin17010.5
LabourPhilip Mulholland1358.4
Ind. ProgressiveWilliam Hart171.1
IndependentHenry Cato40.3
Total formal votes1,61499.3-0.1
Informal votes110.7+0.1
Turnout1,62564.4+7.3
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free TradeSamuel Whiddon59352.2
National FederalGeorge Lewis52446.1
IndependentDaniel Healey171.5
IndependentSuleman Amein30.3
Total formal votes1,13799.4
Informal votes70.6
Turnout1,14457.1
Free Trade hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free TradeSamuel Whiddon58654.8
ProtectionistWilliam Traill48445.2
Total formal votes1,07099.8
Informal votes20.2
Turnout1,07263.4
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free TradeSamuel Whiddon64946.4
ProtectionistWilliam Traill47333.8
LabourJames Watson27619.7
Total formal votes1,39899.4
Informal votes80.6
Turnout1,40681.3
Free Trade win(new seat)

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