Electoral district of West Sydney

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West Sydney was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales created in 1859 from part of the electoral district of Sydney, covering the western part of the current Sydney central business district, Ultimo and Pyrmont, bordered by George Street, Broadway, Bay Street and Wentworth Park. It elected four members simultaneously, with voters casting four votes and the first four candidates being elected. For the 1894 election, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of Sydney-Gipps, Sydney-Lang, Sydney-Denison and Sydney-Pyrmont.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for West Sydney

	Party	Period		Party	Period		Party	Period		Party	Period
John Lang	None	1859–1869	James Pemell	None	1859–1860	John Plunkett	None	1859–1860	Thomas Broughton	None	1859–1860
			William Windeyer	None	1860–1862	Daniel Dalgleish	None	1860–1864	William Love	None	1860–1864
			Geoffrey Eagar	None	1863–1864	Daniel Dalgleish	None	1860–1864	William Love	None	1860–1864
			John Darvall	None	1864–1865	John Robertson	None	1864–1866	Samuel Joseph	None	1864–1868
			Geoffrey Eagar	None	1865–1869	John Robertson	None	1864–1866
						William Windeyer	None	1866–1872
									William Campbell	None	1868–1869
William Speer	None	1869–1872	John Robertson	None	1869–1877				Joseph Wearne	None	1869–1874
Joseph Raphael	None	1872–1874				John Booth	None	1872–1874	Joseph Wearne	None	1869–1874
Henry Dangar	None	1874–1877				Angus Cameron	None	1874–1885	George Dibbs	None	1874–1877
John Harris	None	1877–1880	Daniel O'Connor	None	1877–1887				James Merriman	None	1877–1880
William Martin	None	1880–1882							Francis Abigail	None	1880–1887
George Merriman	None	1882–1885
John Young	None	1885–1887				Alexander Kethel	None	1885–1887
George Merriman	Free Trade	1887–1889		Free Trade	1887–1891	Alexander Kethel	Free Trade	1887–1889		Free Trade	1887–1891
Alfred Lamb	Free Trade	1889–1890				Thomas Playfair	Free Trade	1889–1891
Adolphus Taylor	Independent	1890–1891				Thomas Playfair	Free Trade	1889–1891
Thomas Davis	Labor	1891–1894	George Black	Labor	1891–1894	Andrew Kelly	Labor	1891–1894	Jack FitzGerald	Labor	1891–1894

Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Wednesday 17 June ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack FitzGerald (elected 1)	4,174	15.8
	Labour	George Black (elected 2)	4,078	15.4
	Labour	Andrew Kelly (elected 3)	3,798	14.3
	Labour	Thomas Davis (elected 4)	2,730	10.3
	Protectionist	John Young	2,601	9.8
	Free Trade	Thomas Playfair (defeated)	2,535	9.6
	Free Trade	Daniel O'Connor (defeated)	2,493	9.4
	Free Trade	Francis Abigail (defeated)	2,326	8.8
	Free Trade	Frederick Woolcott-Waley	1,745	6.6
Total formal votes			26,480	99.8
Informal votes			66	0.3
Turnout			7,428	68.6
	Labour gain 3 from Free Trade and gain 1 from Independent

Adolphus Taylor (Independent) did not contest the election.

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1891 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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[Elections_West_Sydney-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 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 12 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_West_Sydney-4] Green, Antony. "1891 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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