Electoral district of Sydney-Pyrmont

Sydney-Pyrmont was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, partly replacing the multi-member electorate of West Sydney.^[1][2][3] It was named after and included the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont, consisting of the entire peninsula north of Fig Street and east of Wattle Street.^[4][5] In 1904, it was largely replaced by Pyrmont, which also absorbed part of the abolished district of Sydney-Denison.^[6]

Members for Sydney-Pyrmont

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Davis	Labour	1894–1898
	Samuel Smith	Labour	1898–1902
	John McNeill	Labour	1902–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Pyrmont

1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election
Saturday 24 May ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McNeill (elected)	875	68.2	-24.1
	Independent Labour	Andrew Cochrane	370	28.8
	Progressive	Thomas Gollan	25	1.9
	Independent	John Behan	13	1.0
Total formal votes			1,283	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			19	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			1,302	55.3 [lower-alpha 1]	+8.4
	Labour hold

This section is an excerpt from 1902 Sydney-Pyrmont state by-election § Result.[edit]

Sam Smith (Labour) resigned.^[7]

Notes

1. based on a roll of 2,356 at the 1901 election.^[8]

References

1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
2. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
4. "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
5. "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
6. "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act 1902 and Electorates Redistribution Act 1904". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 158. 18 March 1904. p. 2367. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
7. Green, Antony. "1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
8. Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2020.