Sydney-Cook was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 in inner Sydney from part of the electoral district of South Sydney and named after James Cook.[1][2][3]

Members for Cook

Member Party Term
  Samuel Whiddon Free Trade 1894–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1904

History

Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Sydney-Cook.[4] Sydney-Cook consisted of a southern part of the four member district of South Sydney.[5] It was in southern Surry Hills bounded by Foveaux Street in the north, Cleveland Street in the south and Elizabeth Street in the west, while the eastern boundary was a dog-leg from Riley Street south to Tudor Street, east via Davies Street and Nobbs Street and then South Dowling Street.[6] In 1904, it was replaced by Surry Hills.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Cook
1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Cook [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Samuel Whiddon 665 41.2 -11.0
Progressive George Perry 623 38.6 -7.5
Independent John Griffin 170 10.5
Labor Philip Mulholland 135 8.4
Ind. Progressive William Hart 17 1.1
Independent Henry Cato 4 0.3
Total formal votes 1,614 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 11 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 1,625 64.4 +7.3
Liberal Reform hold  

References

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr Samuel Thomas Whiddon (1848-1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6682. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.


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