Electoral district of St Leonards

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[edit]

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
	Sir Henry Parkes	Free Trade	1887–1889		Isaac Ives	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
	Henry Parkes	Free Trade	1889–1894		Joseph Cullen	Free Trade	1889–1894		Edward Clark	Labour	1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Henry Parkes	Free Trade	1894–1895
	Edward Clark	Free Trade	1895–1901
	Edward Clark	Liberal Reform	1901–1904
	Thomas Creswell	Liberal Reform	1904–1907
	Edward Clark	Independent	1907–1910
	Arthur Cocks	Liberal Reform	1910–1917
	Arthur Cocks	Nationalist	1917–1920

Election results[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ 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.

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[Green_St_Leonards-1] 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.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_St_Leonards-4] Green, Antony. "1917 St Leonards". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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