Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Fitzroy
# Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Fitzroy

Sydney-Fitzroy, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1894 | Henry Chapman | Free Trade |
| 1895 | John McElhone | Ind. Free Trade |
| 1898 by | John Norton | Protectionist |
| 1898 | Henry Chapman | Free Trade |
| 1901 | Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform |

## Election results

### Elections in the 1900s

**1901**

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Fitzroy :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Reform | Daniel Levy | 605 | 35.9 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Arthur McElhone | 381 | 22.6 | |
| | Independent | Henry Chapman | 379 | 22.5 | |
| | Labor | Donald McKinnon | 121 | 7.2 | |
| | Independent Progressive | Harry Foran | 108 | 6.4 | |
| | Independent | Denis O'Sullivan | 71 | 4.2 | |
| | Independent | Callaghan Garvan | 20 | 1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,685 | 99.1 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15 | 0.9 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,700 | 56.5 | -2.7 |
| | Liberal Reform hold | Liberal Reform hold | | | |

### Elections in the 1890s

**1898**

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 815 | 51.2 |
| | National Federal | John Norton | 767 | 48.2 |
| | Independent Federalist | Percy Tighe | 5 | 0.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade | Daniel Levy | 3 | 0.2 |
| | Independent Federalist | Patrick Dorahy | 1 | 0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,591 | 99.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15 | 0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,606 | 59.2 |
| | Free Trade gain from Ind. Free Trade | Free Trade gain from Ind. Free Trade | | |

**1898 by-election**

1898 Sydney-Fitzroy by-election Friday 3 June :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Protectionist | John Norton (elected) | 617 | 43.2 | |
| | Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 546 | 38.2 | +2.2 |
| | Protectionist | Patrick Dorahy | 166 | 11.6 | |
| | Protectionist | William Martin | 99 | 6.9 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,428 | 99.3 | - |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10 | 0.7 | - |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,438 | 66.7 | +3.4 |
| | Protectionist gain from Ind. Free Trade | Protectionist gain from Ind. Free Trade | | | |

**1895**

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ind. Free Trade | John McElhone | 624 | 46.0 |
| | Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 488 | 36.0 |
| | Independent | Henry Harris | 163 | 12.0 |
| | Labor | Henry Cato | 82 | 6.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,357 | 99.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,366 | 63.3 |
| | Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade | Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade | | |

**1894**

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Fitzroy :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Free Trade | Henry Chapman | 666 | 39.5 | |
| | Ind. Free Trade | John McElhone | 422 | 25.0 | |
| | Labor | Henry Cato | 355 | 21.1 | |
| | Ind. Free Trade | William Morrison | 180 | 10.7 | |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Henry Foran | 32 | 1.9 | |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Charles Forssberg | 17 | 1.0 | |
| | Ind. Protectionist | Robert Roberts | 13 | 0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,685 | 98.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 23 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,708 | 77.2 | |
| | Free Trade win | Free Trade win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
