St Leonards was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859, partly replacing Sydney Hamlets, and named after the Sydney suburb of St Leonards, which then included North Sydney, its main settlement. It extended from North Sydney to Broken Bay, including the Northern Beaches. It elected one member from 1859 to 1882, two members from 1882 to 1889 and three members from 1889 to 1894. With the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894, it was replaced by the single-member electorates of St Leonards, Warringah and Willoughby. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into North Shore.[1][2][3]
Members for St Leonards
| Single-member (1859–1882) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Edward Sayers | None | 1859–1860 | |||||||||
| James Farnell | None | 1860–1860 | |||||||||
| Isaac Shepherd | None | 1860–1864 | |||||||||
| William Tunks | None | 1864–1874 | |||||||||
| James Farnell | None | 1874–1882 | |||||||||
| Two members (1882–1889) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||
| George Dibbs | None | 1882–1885 | Bernhardt Holtermann | None | 1882–1885 | ||||||
| Sir Henry Parkes | None | 1885–1887 | Isaac Ives | None | 1885–1887 | ||||||
| Free Trade | 1887–1889 | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | ||||||||
| Three members (1889–1894) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Henry Parkes | Free Trade | 1889–1894 | Joseph Cullen | Free Trade | 1889–1894 | John Burns | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | |||
| Edward Clark | Labour | 1891–1894 | |||||||||
| Single-member (1894–1920) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Henry Parkes | Free Trade | 1894–1895 | |||||||||
| Edward Clark | Free Trade | 1895–1901 | |||||||||
| Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Creswell | Liberal Reform | 1904–1907 | |||||||||
| Edward Clark | Independent | 1907–1910 | |||||||||
| Arthur Cocks | Liberal Reform | 1910–1917 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||||||||||
Election results
| 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 | |||
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of St Leonards". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1917 St Leonards". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.