Electoral results for the district of Darlington

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Darlington, 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]

Election Member Party
1894   William Schey Independent Labour
1895   Protectionist
1898   Thomas Clarke Free Trade
1901   Phillip Sullivan Labour

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Darlington[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip Sullivan 1,194 51.9
Liberal Reform Thomas Clarke 1,074 46.7 1.3
Socialist Labor John Neill 33 1.4
Total formal votes 2,301 99.3 −0.1
Informal votes 17 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 2,318 64.5 +3.6
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Darlington[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Thomas Clarke 966 50.6
National Federal William Schey 874 45.8
Ind. Free Trade William Hall 58 3.0
Independent Federalist Michael Keating 8 0.4
Independent James Jones 3 0.2
Total formal votes 1,909 99.4
Informal votes 11 0.6
Turnout 1,920 60.9
Free Trade gain from National Federal  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Darlington[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Schey 758 47.4
Free Trade Thomas Clarke 700 43.8
Labour Robert Harris 140 8.8
Total formal votes 1,598 99.3
Informal votes 12 0.8
Turnout 1,610 62.6
Member changed to Protectionist from Independent Labour  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Darlington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour William Schey 844 39.1
Free Trade William Manuell 771 35.7
Protectionist David Davis 544 25.2
Total formal votes 2,159 98.8
Informal votes 27 1.2
Turnout 2,186 85.2
Independent Labour win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.