Electoral results for the district of Rylstone

Rylstone, 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][4]

Election Member Party
1894   William Wall Protectionist
1895   John Fitzpatrick Free Trade
1895 by
1898
1901   Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Rylstone.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Rylstone [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Fitzpatrick 932 62.5 +8.3
Progressive Thomas Arkins 559 37.5 −8.3
Total formal votes 1,491 100.0 +0.7
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.7
Turnout 1,491 60.1 −4.9
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Rylstone.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Rylstone [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick 753 54.2
National Federal Jack FitzGerald 636 45.8
Total formal votes 1,389 99.3
Informal votes 10 0.7
Turnout 1,399 65.0
Free Trade hold  

1895 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1895 Rylstone colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1895 Rylstone by-election
Monday 14 October [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick (elected) 659 51.4
Protectionist William Wall 608 47.5
Independent Labour Thomas Williams [a] 14 1.1
Total formal votes 1,281 97.9
Informal votes 28 2.1
Turnout 1,309 69.6 [b]
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  
The election for Rylstone in July was declared void.[7]

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Rylstone.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Rylstone [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick 513 50.3
Protectionist William Wall 507 49.7
Total formal votes 1,020 99.2
Informal votes 8 0.8
Turnout 1,028 54.6
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Rylstone.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Rylstone [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Wall 677 50.7
Ind. Protectionist James Granter 211 15.8
Labour Francis Gilbert 210 15.7
Free Trade J Hill 100 7.5
Independent Thomas Hungerford 68 5.1
Ind. Free Trade James Purser 57 4.3
Ind. Free Trade James Taylor 13 1.0
Total formal votes 1,336 97.3
Informal votes 37 2.7
Turnout 1,373 72.3
Protectionist win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Thomas Williams withdrew prior to the poll.[8][9]
  2. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 1,882 at the July 1895 election.[10]

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr William Chandos Wall". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ^ "The Hon. John Charles Lucas Fitzpatrick (1862–1932)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Rylstone". The Maitland Daily Mercury. 15 October 1895. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "The Rylstone election". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. 19 October 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via Trove.
  10. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.