Electoral results for the district of Darlington

Darlington, 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]

Election	Member		Party
1894		William Schey	Independent Labour
1895			Protectionist
1898		Thomas Clarke	Free Trade
1901		Phillip Sullivan	Labour

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Darlington [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Sullivan	1,194	51.9
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Clarke	1,074	46.7	1.3
	Socialist Labor	John Neill	33	1.4
Total formal votes			2,301	99.3	-0.1
Informal votes			17	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			2,318	64.5	+3.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Darlington [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Thomas Clarke	966	50.6
	National Federal	William Schey	874	45.8
	Ind. Free Trade	William Hall	58	3.0
	Independent Federalist	Michael Keating	8	0.4
	Independent	James Jones	3	0.2
Total formal votes			1,909	99.4
Informal votes			11	0.6
Turnout			1,920	60.9
	Free Trade gain from National Federal

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Darlington [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	William Schey	758	47.4
	Free Trade	Thomas Clarke	700	43.8
	Labour	Robert Harris	140	8.8
Total formal votes			1,598	99.3
Informal votes			12	0.8
Turnout			1,610	62.6
	Member changed to Protectionist from Independent Labour

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Darlington [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	William Schey	844	39.1
	Free Trade	William Manuell	771	35.7
	Protectionist	David Davis	544	25.2
Total formal votes			2,159	98.8
Informal votes			27	1.2
Turnout			2,186	85.2
	Independent Labour win		(new seat)

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 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 16 August 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1901 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1898 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1895 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1894 Darlington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.