Balmain North, 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]


Members

Election Member Party
1894   Bill Wilks Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   John Storey Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Balmain North [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Storey 922 42.4
Liberal Reform Gilbert Murdoch 505 23.2 -28.4
Progressive Alexander Milne 411 18.9 +0.2
Independent Liberal William Ward 277 12.7
Total formal votes 2,177 99.5 -
Informal votes 12 0.6 -
Turnout 2,189 65.8 +3.7
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was Bill Wilks (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Dalley which included Balmain.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bill Wilks 965 51.6
Independent Federalist Alexander Milne 556 29.7
National Federal Leonard Green 350 18.7
Total formal votes 1,871 99.4
Informal votes 11 0.6
Turnout 1,882 62.1
Free Trade hold  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bill Wilks 1,055 65.4
Protectionist Alexander Milne 523 32.4
Ind. Free Trade Frank Smith 36 2.2
Total formal votes 1,614 99.5
Informal votes 9 0.6
Turnout 1,623 62.3
Free Trade hold  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Bill Wilks 999 45.1
Protectionist William Murphy 618 27.9
Labour Samuel Kirby 340 15.4
Ind. Free Trade James Wheeler 258 11.7
Total formal votes 2,215 99.0
Informal votes 22 1.0
Turnout 2,237 84.2
Free Trade win (new seat)


References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 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 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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