The Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that an error in the drafting of the constitution meant that George Reid could not be validly appointed Minister of Public Instruction and declared his seat vacant.[10]
^George Reid was estranged from Henry Parkes, who retired as leader of the Free Trade Party after the election and Reid was elected leader of the opposition in his place.
^estimate based on an electoral roll of 12,326 at March 1877[18]
^"Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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This article is about the New South Wales state electorate For the Australian federal electorate see Electoral results for the Division of East Sydney East Sydney an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894 1 2 3 Election Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party1859 Charles Cowper None John Black None Henry Parkes None James Martin None1859 by1860 by Peter Faucett None1860 Charles Cowper None Robert Stewart None John Caldwell None1861 by William Forster None1864 65 James Hart None James Neale None1865 by1866 by Robert Stewart None1867 by Marshall Burdekin None 1869 70 George King None David Buchanan None Henry Parkes None James Martin None1870 by Bowie Wilson None1872 James Neale None Saul Samuel None Henry Parkes None John Macintosh NoneMay 1872 byJune 1872 by George Oakes None1874 by Charles Moore None1874 75 John Davies None Alexander Stuart None1877 by1877 James Greenwood None1879 by Arthur Renwick None1880 George Reid None Henry Parkes None Henry Dangar None1882 Edmund Barton None John McElhone None George Griffiths None1883 by 11883 by 2 Henry Copeland None1884 by Sydney Burdekin None1885 George Reid None1887 Free Trade John Street Free Trade William McMillan Free Trade Free Trade1889April 1891 by Walter Bradley Protectionist1891 Varney Parkes Free Trade Edmund Barton Protectionist Ind Free Trade a November 1891 by Free TradeElection results editElections in the 1890s edit November 1891 by election edit This section is an excerpt from November 1891 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1891 East Sydney by electionSaturday 7 November 4 Party Candidate Votes Protectionist Edmund Barton re elected 2 778 71 4Labor William Grantham 1 112 28 6Total formal votes 3 890 99 6Informal votes 17 0 4Turnout 3 907 38 9Protectionist hold Edmund Barton Protectionist was appointed Attorney General in the third Dibbs ministry 4 1891 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1891 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyWednesday 17 June 5 Party Candidate Votes Free Trade William McMillan re elected 1 3 713 19 2Protectionist Edmund Barton elected 2 3 535 18 3Free Trade Varney Parkes elected 3 3 343 17 3Ind Free Trade George Reid re elected 4 2 946 15 2Protectionist William Manning 2 260 11 7Labor William Grantham 2 241 11 6Protectionist Walter Bradley 1 328 6 9Total formal votes 19 366 99 7Informal votes 65 0 3Turnout 6 475 64 5 Free Trade hold 2 Protectionist hold 1 Member changed to Ind Free Trade from Free TradeWalter Bradley Protectionist won a seat at the 1891 East Sydney by election and Edmund Barton Protectionist held it at this election George Reid whilst a Free Trader did not support the Free Trade government of Sir Henry Parkes 5 April 1891 by election edit This section is an excerpt from April 1891 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1891 East Sydney by electionTuesday 14 April 6 Party Candidate Votes Protectionist Walter Bradley elected 1 502 37 3Free Trade Edward Pulsford 1 332 33 1Independent Labor Francis Cotton 1 188 29 6Total formal votes 4 022 98 6Informal votes 55 1 4Turnout 4 077 40 6Protectionist gain from Free Trade John Street Free Trade died 6 Elections in the 1880s edit 1889 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1889 New South Wales colonial election East SydneySaturday 2 February 7 Party Candidate Votes Free Trade Sydney Burdekin elected 1 3 894 20 1Free Trade George Reid elected 2 3 631 18 7Free Trade William McMillan elected 3 3 604 18 6Free Trade John Street elected 4 3 402 17 5Protectionist Joseph Abbott 2 503 12 9Protectionist Thomas O Mara 2 378 12 3Total formal votes 19 412 99 8Informal votes 33 0 2Turnout 6 647 61 0 Free Trade hold 4 Joseph Abbott was nominated for both East Sydney and Wentworth however he was elected unopposed for Wentworth before the poll for East Sydney 1887 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1887 New South Wales colonial election East SydneySaturday 5 February 8 Party Candidate Votes Free Trade Sydney Burdekin re elected 1 4 238 23 8Free Trade George Reid re elected 2 4 108 23 1Free Trade William McMillan elected 3 4 025 22 6Free Trade John Street elected 4 3 605 20 2Protectionist William Traill 1 846 10 4Total formal votes 17 822 99 7Informal votes 63 0 4Turnout 6 883 63 2 The two other sitting members Edmund Barton was appointed to the Legislative Council and Henry Copeland successfully contested New England 1885 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1885 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyFriday 16 October 9 Candidate Votes Edmund Barton re elected 1 3 903 22 0George Reid elected 2 3 399 19 2Henry Copeland re elected 3 3 208 18 1Sydney Burdekin re elected 4 2 988 16 9George Griffiths defeated 1 997 11 3Samuel Lees 1 786 10 1George Brown 435 2 5Total formal votes 17 716 99 5Informal votes 97 0 5Turnout 6 917 67 6 1884 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1884 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1884 East Sydney by electionFriday 29 February 10 Candidate Votes Sydney Burdekin elected 2 138 50 5George Reid defeated 2 098 49 5Total formal votes 4 236 98 7Informal votes 54 1 3Turnout 4 290 48 1 The Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that an error in the drafting of the constitution meant that George Reid could not be validly appointed Minister of Public Instruction and declared his seat vacant 10 1883 by election 2 edit This section is an excerpt from 23 January 1883 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1883 East Sydney by electionTuesday 23 January 11 Candidate Votes Henry Copeland elected 2 942 67 8Arthur Renwick 1 397 32 2Total formal votes 4 339 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 4 339 53 9John McElhone had also been elected to Upper Hunter and chose to resign from East Sydney 11 1883 by election 1 edit This section is an excerpt from January 1883 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1883 East Sydney by electionThursday 11 January 12 Candidate Votes George Reid re elected 2 258 74 7Albert Elkington 729 25 3Total formal votes 2 887 99 2Informal votes 24 0 8Turnout 2 911 36 2George Reid was appointed Minister of Public Instruction in the Stuart ministry 12 1882 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1882 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyThursday 30 November 13 Candidate Votes George Reid re elected 1 3 044 20 2Edmund Barton re elected 2 2 948 19 6George Griffiths elected 3 2 365 15 7John McElhone re elected 4 2 307 15 3Sir Henry Parkes defeated 2 080 13 8Arthur Renwick defeated 1 651 11 0James Green 676 4 5Total formal votes 15 071 99 7Informal votes 53 0 4Turnout 4 719 58 7Edmund Barton was the member for Wellington and John McElhone was the member for Upper Hunter where he was re elected McElhone subsequently resigned from East Sydney causing a by election Sir Henry Parkes subsequently nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield where he was elected unopposed Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards 1880 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1880 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyWednesday 17 November 14 Candidate Votes George Reid elected 1 3 413 19 0Arthur Renwick re elected 2 3 295 18 3Henry Dangar elected 3 3 102 17 3Sir Henry Parkes re elected 4 2 770 15 4Charles Roberts 2 295 12 8Samuel Lees 1 385 7 7Charles Moore 1 216 6 8Isaac Josephson 507 2 8Total formal votes 17 983 99 3Informal votes 120 0 7Turnout 5 488 61 0 Of the sitting members James Greenwood and John Macintosh did not contest the election and John Davies successfully contested South Sydney Sir Henry Parkes was a sitting member for Canterbury Elections in the 1870s edit 1879 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1879 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1879 East Sydney by electionWednesday 17 December 15 Candidate Votes Arthur Renwick elected 4 663 61 5Robert Tooth 2 748 36 2John Dowie 147 1 9Thomas Dalveen 28 0 4Total formal votes 7 586 98 9Informal votes 82 1 1Turnout 7 668 54 7Alexander Stuart resigned 15 1877 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1877 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyWednesday 24 October 16 Candidate Votes John Macintosh re elected 1 4 112 19 0John Davies re elected 2 3 761 17 4James Greenwood elected 3 3 493 16 1Alexander Stuart re elected 4 2 930 13 5Sir Henry Parkes defeated 2 843 13 1Sedgwick Cowper 1 335 6 2Francis Dixon 1 302 6 0Isaac Josephson 1 029 4 8Ninian Melville 540 2 5Josiah Mason 173 0 8William Cover 77 0 4George Perry 60 0 3Total formal votes 21 655 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 7 156 54 1 1877 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1877 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1877 East Sydney by electionTuesday 28 August 17 Candidate Votes John Davies re elected 3 137 79 9Ninian Melville 790 20 1Total formal votes 3 927 98 5Informal votes 60 1 5Turnout 3 987 32 3 b John Davies was appointed Postmaster General in the fourth Robertson ministry 17 1874 75 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874 75 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1874 75 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyWednesday 9 December 1874 19 Candidate Votes Henry Parkes re elected 1 3 828 17 9John Macintosh re elected 2 3 651 17 1Alexander Stuart elected 3 3 083 14 4John Davies elected 4 2 394 11 2Angus Cameron 2 189 10 3Charles Moore defeated 1 960 9 2William Forster defeated 1 502 7 0John Young 1 140 5 3Edward Flood 804 3 8James Pemell 661 3 1Daniel O Connell 68 0 3John Douglass 50 0 2Nathaniel Pawsey 23 0 1Total formal votes 21 353 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 6 430 56 4 1874 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1874 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1874 East Sydney by electionWednesday 15 July 20 Candidate Votes Charles Moore elected 2 385 74 1John Douglass 813 25 2William Cover 22 0 7Total formal votes 3 220 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 220 28 2James Neale resigned 20 June 1872 by election edit This section is an excerpt from June 1872 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1872 East Sydney by electionWednesday 12 June 21 Candidate Votes George Oakes elected 1 994 53 1Bowie Wilson 1 763 46 9Total formal votes 3 757 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 757 33 7Saul Samuel resigned to accept an appointment to the Legislative Council 21 May 1872 by election edit This section is an excerpt from May 1872 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1872 East Sydney by electionWednesday 22 May 22 Candidate Votes Henry Parkes re elected 2 686 68 8James Jones 1 216 31 2Total formal votes 3 902 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 902 35 0Henry Parkes was appointed Premier and Colonial Secretary forming the first Parkes ministry 22 1872 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1872 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyTuesday 13 February 23 Candidate Votes Henry Parkes re elected 1 3 270 17 0John Macintosh elected 2 3 068 16 0Saul Samuel re elected 3 3 048 15 9James Neale re elected 4 2 663 13 9James Martin defeated 2 073 10 8David Buchanan defeated 1 739 9 1Bowie Wilson defeated 1 730 9 0William Barker 1 379 7 2George King defeated 240 1 3Total formal votes 19 210 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 5 598 49 8 1870 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1870 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1870 East Sydney by electionWednesday 23 February 24 Candidate Votes Bowie Wilson elected 2 755 55 8William Campbell 2 183 44 2Total formal votes 4 938 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 4 938 48 6Henry Parkes was also elected for Kiama and chose to resign from East Sydney 24 Elections in the 1860s edit 1869 70 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869 70 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1869 70 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyFriday 3 December 1869 25 Candidate Votes Henry Parkes re elected 1 3 397 16 7James Martin re elected 2 3 158 15 6David Buchanan elected 3 2 765 13 6George King elected 4 2 702 13 3Charles Cowper 2 548 12 6Julian Salomons 2 106 10 4James Neale defeated 2 071 10 2Robert Hunt 742 3 7Alexander Steel 699 3 4William Cover 77 0 4W Jennett 30 0 2Total formal votes 20 295 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 5 701 56 1 1867 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1867 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1867 East Sydney by electionWednesday 20 March 26 Candidate Votes Marshall Burdekin elected 2 025 60 0Walter Renny 1 350 40 0Total formal votes 3 375 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 375 38 9Charles Cowper resigned due to financial difficulties 26 1866 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1866 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1866 East Sydney by electionFriday 21 September 27 Candidate Votes Robert Stewart elected unopposed John Caldwell resigned 27 1865 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1865 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1865 East Sydney by electionFriday 17 February 28 Candidate Votes Charles Cowper re elected 933 87 0Frederick Birmingham 140 13 0Total formal votes 1 073 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 1 073 12 0Charles Cowper had been appointed Premier and Colonial Secretary forming the fourth Cowper ministry 28 1864 65 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864 65 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1864 65 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyTuesday 22 November 1864 29 Candidate Votes Charles Cowper re elected 1 2 711 18 7John Caldwell re elected 2 2 447 16 9James Neale elected 3 2 107 14 6James Hart re elected 4 2 069 14 3James Martin defeated 1 769 12 2William Forster defeated 1 733 12 0Robert Isaacs 1 351 9 3Richard Dransfield 190 1 3Thomas Duigan 43 0 3William Cover 43 0 3Total formal votes 14 463 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 4 191 46 8 1861 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1861 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1861 East Sydney by electionWednesday 29 May 30 Candidate Votes William Forster elected 1 273 48 7James Neale 1 179 45 1Charles Fowler 77 3 0Thomas Duigan 56 2 1James Martin 25 1 0Thomas Argent 2 0 1Total formal votes 2 612 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 2 612 35 5Henry Parkes resigned having accepted a government commission 30 1860 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1860 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyFriday 7 December 31 Candidate Votes Charles Cowper elected 1 2 283 19 6Henry Parkes re elected 2 2 184 18 7John Caldwell elected 3 2 091 17 9Robert Stewart elected 4 1 925 16 5James Martin defeated 1 551 13 3Peter Faucett defeated 1 306 11 2Thomas Duigan 327 2 8Total formal votes 11 667 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 771 48 4 1860 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1860 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1860 East Sydney by electionThursday 10 November 32 Candidate Votes Peter Faucett elected 1 346 50 3Robert Stewart 1 315 49 2John West 14 0 5Total formal votes 2 675 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 2 675 30 0Charles Cowper resigned for a second time having been nominated without his consent 32 Elections in the 1850s edit 1859 by election edit This section is an excerpt from 1859 East Sydney colonial by election Result edit 1859 East Sydney by electionThursday 10 November 33 Candidate Votes Charles Cowper re elected 1 1 282 28 2John Black re elected 2 1 237 27 2Peter Faucett 1 000 22 0Richard Driver 969 21 3Thomas Duigan 56 1 2Total formal votes 4 544 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 2 272 30 0Charles Cowper resigned and John Black was appointed Secretary for Lands 33 1859 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election East Sydney edit 1859 New South Wales colonial election East SydneyThursday 9 June 34 Candidate Votes Charles Cowper re elected 1 2 064 20 0John Black elected 2 1 682 16 3Henry Parkes elected 3 1 654 16 0James Martin re elected 4 1 349 13 1Charles Kemp 1 317 12 7Richard Driver 1 201 11 6William Allen 569 5 5William Wentworth 300 2 9William Benbow 205 2 0Total formal votes 10 341 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 436 45 4Notes edit George Reid was estranged from Henry Parkes who retired as leader of the Free Trade Party after the election and Reid was elected leader of the opposition in his place estimate based on an electoral roll of 12 326 at March 1877 18 References edit Green Antony Elections for the District of East Sydney New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 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