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Newcastle East, 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 Dick | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Dick | 1,037 | 66.9 | +6.7 | |
Labour | James Curley | 514 | 33.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,551 | 99.6 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.5 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,558 | 69.0 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Dick | 845 | 60.2 | ||
National Federal | Jefferson Hester | 556 | 39.6 | ||
Independent | Robert Huntly | 3 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,404 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 25 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,429 | 65.3 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Dick | 783 | 60.3 | ||
Protectionist | William Sharpe | 516 | 39.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,299 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 3 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,302 | 72.8 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Dick | 862 | 53.8 | ||
Protectionist | David Scott | 740 | 46.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,602 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,618 | 88.7 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |