Electoral results for the district of St Leonards

St Leonards, 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]

Single-member (1859–1882)
Member	Party	Term
1859	Edward Sayers	None
1860 by	James Farnell	None
1860	Isaac Shepherd	None
1864	William Tunks	None
1869
1872
1874	James Farnell	None
1877
1880			Member		Party
1882	George Dibbs	None		Bernhardt Holtermann	None
1885	Sir Henry Parkes	None		Isaac Ives	None
1887		Free Trade			Free Trade
1887 by					Free Trade	Member		Party
1889				Joseph Cullen	Free Trade		John Burns	Free Trade
1891				Joseph Cullen	Free Trade		Edward Clark	Labour
1894
1895	Edward Clark	Free Trade
1898		Free Trade
1901		Liberal Reform
1904	Thomas Creswell	Liberal Reform
1907	Edward Clark	Independent
1910	Arthur Cocks	Liberal Reform
1913		Liberal Reform
1917		Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Arthur Cocks	3,992	65.5	+11.4
	Labor	Robert Edwards	2,052	33.7	−10.0
	Independent	Frederick Clancy	53	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			6,097	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			80	1.3	−1.6
Turnout			6,177	51.4	−11.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+11.4

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Arthur Cocks	4,042	54.1
	Labor	George Down	3,264	43.7
	Independent	Frederick Meyer	86	1.2
	Independent	Peter Pollack	78	1.0
Total formal votes			7,470	97.1
Informal votes			221	2.9
Turnout			7,691	63.0
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Arthur Cocks	3,382	46.0	+15.2
	Labour	George Down	2,232	30.4	+21.0
	Independent Liberal	Edward Clark (defeated)	1,735	23.6	−13.4
Total formal votes			7,349	99.6	+2.0
Informal votes			29	0.4	−2.0
Turnout			7,378	68.1	−3.8

1910 New South Wales state election: St Leonards - Second Round ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Arthur Cocks	4,443	57.3	+26.5
	Labour	George Down	3,317	42.7	+33.3
Total formal votes			7,760	99.7	+2.1
Informal votes			23	0.3	−2.1
Turnout			7,783	71.8	−0.1
	Liberal Reform gain from Independent

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Clark	2,366	37.0	−0.5
	Liberal Reform	John Carter	1,972	30.8	−18.9
	Independent Liberal	Herbert McIntosh	909	14.2
	Labour	Herbert Milner	600	9.4	−0.9
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Creswell (defeated)	549	8.6
Total formal votes			6,396	97.6
Informal votes			156	2.4
Turnout			6,552	71.9
	Independent gain from Liberal Reform		Swing	+9.2

This was the third and final contest for St Leonards between Edward Clark and Thomas Creswell. Clark, as the selected Liberal Reform candidate defeated Cresswell at the 1901 election.^[8] Creswell then defeated Clark to be selected as the Liberal Reform candidate in 1904,^[9] before comfortably beating him at the election.^[10] Cresswell however lost Liberal preselection for the seat in 1907 to John Carter,^[11] with Clark defeating both Cresswell and Carter to regain the seat.^[7]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Creswell	2,164	49.8
	Independent Liberal	Edward Clark	1,630	37.5
	Labour	George Down	445	10.2
	Independent	Fountain Winter	99	2.3
	Independent Liberal	Charles Lloyd	10	0.2
	Independent	David Middleton	1	0.0
Total formal votes			4,349	99.0
Informal votes			45	1.0
Turnout			4,394	55.9
	Liberal Reform hold

St Leonards lost part of the district to Lane Cove and was expanded to include part of Warringah. The member for St Leonards was Edward Clark (Liberal Reform), who had defeated Thomas Creswell as an independent liberal candidate at the 1901 election. For 1904 Creswell was selected as the official Liberal candidate while Clark ran as an independent liberal candidate.^[13]

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Edward Clark	1,066	53.7	−11.9
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Creswell	801	40.3
	Labour	Peter O'Connell	119	6.0
Total formal votes			1,986	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			11	0.6	−0.4
Turnout			1,997	59.3	+1.8
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Edward Clark	1,080	63.5
	National Federal	Fountain Winter	421	24.8
	Independent Federalist	Andrew Eaton	190	11.2
	Independent Federalist	Robert Moodie	9	0.5
Total formal votes			1,700	99.0
Informal votes			17	1.0
Turnout			1,717	57.5
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Edward Clark	996	62.4
	Ind. Free Trade	William Goddard	601	37.6
Total formal votes			1,597	99.0
Informal votes			16	1.0
Turnout			1,613	68.0
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes	1,028	50.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Edward Clark	825	40.8
	Protectionist	Francis Punch	159	7.9
	Ind. Free Trade	William Stoddart	8	0.4
	Ind. Free Trade	James Ford	2	0.1
Total formal votes			2,022	99.3
Informal votes			15	0.7
Turnout			2,037	83.9
	Free Trade win		(previously 3 members)

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 17 June ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1)	2,510	24.1
	Free Trade	Joseph Cullen (re-elected 2)	2,359	22.6
	Labour	Edward Clark (elected 3)	1,917	18.4
	Free Trade	John Burns (defeated)	1,808	17.3
	Protectionist	Francis Punch	1,345	12.9
	Ind. Free Trade	Jonathan Seaver (defeated)	494	4.7
Total formal votes			10,433	99.0
Informal votes			102	1.0
Turnout			4,532	61.4
	Free Trade hold 2
	Labour gain 1 from Free Trade

Jonathan Seaver was the member for Gloucester, a staunch free trader who contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership of Sir Henry Parkes.^[18]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Saturday 2 February ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes (elected 1)	2,221	27.3
	Free Trade	Joseph Cullen (elected 2)	1,922	23.6
	Free Trade	John Burns (elected 3)	1,575	19.3
	Free Trade	Edward Clark	1,372	16.8
	Protectionist	J Griffin	1,057	13.0
Total formal votes			8,147	99.1
Informal votes			78	1.0
Turnout			3,708	58.4
	Free Trade hold 2 and win 1		(1 new seat)

1887 by-election

1887 St Leonards by-election
Monday 24 October ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes (elected)	unopposed
	Free Trade hold

Sir Henry Parkes (Free Trade) resigned due to insolvency.^[20]

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 2 February ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected)	unopposed
	Free Trade	Isaac Ives (re-elected)	unopposed

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Friday 16 October ^[22]
Candidate	Votes	%
Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1)	1,506	33.4
Isaac Ives (re-elected 2)	1,149	25.5
George Dibbs (defeated)	1,039	23.0
Edward Clark	819	18.2
Total formal votes	4,513	98.7
Informal votes	60	1.3
Turnout	3,008	70.5

Sir Henry Parkes was the member for Argyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge the Premier George Dibbs. Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contesting The Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Tuesday 5 December ^[23]
Candidate	Votes	%
Bernhardt Holtermann (elected 1)	965	30.9
George Dibbs (elected 2)	962	30.8
Cunningham Atchison	713	22.8
Philip Richardson	327	10.5
William Muston	86	2.8
Sir Henry Parkes	70	2.2
Total formal votes	3,123	98.5
Informal votes	49	1.5
Turnout	1,926	62.5
	(1 new seat)

Sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Parramatta and subsequently successfully contested New England. After Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield where he was elected unopposed. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Monday 22 November ^[24]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Farnell (re-elected)	869	55.3
Bernard Holtermann	703	44.7
Total formal votes	1,572	96.8
Informal votes	52	3.2
Turnout	1,624	59.8

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 31 October ^[25]
Candidate		Votes	%
James Farnell (re-elected)		unopposed

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Monday 21 December 1874 ^[26]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Farnell (elected)	856	64.0
Bernard Holtermann	471	35.2
James French	7	0.5
Edward Lord	4	0.3
Total formal votes	1,338	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,338	59.8

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 6 March ^[27]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Tunks (re-elected)	686	65.8
James Byrnes	342	32.8
W Wardle	9	0.9
James French	5	0.5
Total formal votes	1,042	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,044	49.8

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Monday 20 December 1869 ^[28]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Tunks (re-elected)	752	56.5
William Forster (defeated)	579	43.5
Total formal votes	1,331	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,331	67.0

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 7 December 1864 ^[29]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Tunks (elected)	591	51.8
Edward Sayers	550	48.2
Total formal votes	1,141	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,141	57.2

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Wednesday 19 December ^[30]
Candidate	Votes	%
Isaac Shepherd (elected)	580	68.4
George McIntosh	252	29.7
James Martin	16	1.9
Total formal votes	848	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	850	46.9

The sitting member James Farnell unsuccessfully contested Goldfields West and then Central Cumberland.

1860 by-election

**1860 St Leonards by-election**
Wednesday 2 May ^[31]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Farnell (elected)	382	52.7
Isaac Shepherd	343	47.3
Total formal votes	725	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	725	49.1

Edward Sayers resigned.^[31]

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: St Leonards
Friday 17 June ^[32]
Candidate	Votes	%
Edward Sayers (elected)	389	47.3
Isaac Shepherd	319	38.8
James Farnell	115	14.0
Total formal votes	823	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	823	55.8

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