Electoral results for the district of Newtown-St Peters

Newtown-St Peters, 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][4]

Election	Member		Party
1894		William Rigg	Ind. Free Trade
1895			Free Trade
1898
1901		James Fallick	Independent Liberal

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Newtown-St Peters [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	James Fallick	790	35.0
	Labour	George Clark	770	34.2
	Liberal Reform	William Rigg	662	29.4	-31.9
	Independent	David Hayes	16	0.7
	Independent Progressive	James Mitchell	13	0.6	+0.2
	Independent	Walter Arnold	4	0.2
Total formal votes			2,255	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			20	0.9	-0.2
Turnout			2,275	62.7	-0.5
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Rigg	1,031	61.3
	National Federal	George Edwards	628	37.3
	Independent	William Sherley	12	0.7
	Independent Federalist	James Mitchell	7	0.4
	Independent Federalist	Ernest Dent	5	0.3
	Independent Federalist	George, St George	0	0.0
Total formal votes			1,683	98.9
Informal votes			19	1.1
Turnout			1,702	63.3
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Rigg	920	62.0
	Labour	Frederick Flowers	342	23.0
	Protectionist	Herbert Shaw	141	9.5
	Ind. Free Trade	Ernest Guile	76	5.1
	Independent	Archibald McKechnie	4	0.3
	Independent	James Onan	2	0.1
Total formal votes			1,485	98.6
Informal votes			21	1.4
Turnout			1,506	65.8
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newtown-St Peters [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Free Trade	William Rigg	870	43.6
	Ind. Free Trade	Francis Cotton	507	25.4
	Labour	Thomas Beasley	462	23.2
	Protectionist	John Bowes	155	7.8
Total formal votes			1,994	99.3
Informal votes			14	0.7
Turnout			2,008	86.0
	Ind. Free Trade win		(new seat)

Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Francis Cotton (Labour) was a sitting member for Newtown. The other three sitting members for Newtown contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. William Rigg (Independent Free Trade) was the Mayor of Newtown. John Bowes (Protectionist) was the sitting member for the abolished seat of Morpeth.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
3. "Mr William Rigg (1847-1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
4. "Mr James Fallick (1853–1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
5. Green, Antony. "1901 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1898 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1895 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1894 Newtown-St Peters". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.