Electoral district of Balmain North

Balmain North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894. It was abolished in the 1904 re-distirbution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90,[1] and was reabsorbed into the district of Balmain.[2][3][4]

Members for Balmain North

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Wilks	Free Trade	1894–1901
	John Storey	Labour	1901–1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Balmain North [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Storey	922	42.4
	Liberal Reform	Gilbert Murdoch	505	23.2	-28.4
	Progressive	Alexander Milne	411	18.9	+0.2
	Independent Liberal	William Ward	277	12.7
Total formal votes			2,177	99.5	-
Informal votes			12	0.6	-
Turnout			2,189	65.8	+3.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

The sitting member was Bill Wilks (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Dalley which included Balmain.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	William Wilks	965	51.6
	Independent Federalist	Alexander Milne	556	29.7
	National Federal	Leonard Green	350	18.7
Total formal votes			1,871	99.4
Informal votes			11	0.6
Turnout			1,882	62.1
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Bill Wilks	1,055	65.4
	Protectionist	Alexander Milne	523	32.4
	Ind. Free Trade	Frank Smith	36	2.2
Total formal votes			1,614	99.5
Informal votes			9	0.6
Turnout			1,623	62.3
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Balmain North [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Bill Wilks	999	45.1
	Protectionist	William Murphy	618	27.9
	Labour	Samuel Kirby	340	15.4
	Ind. Free Trade	James Wheeler	258	11.7
Total formal votes			2,215	99.0
Informal votes			22	1.0
Turnout			2,237	84.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

"1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2019" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Mr William Henry Wilks (1863-1940)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Mr John Storey (1869-1921)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
Green, Antony. "1898 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1895 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1894 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

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[1] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Green_Balmain_North-2] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[3] "New South Wales Parliamentary Record 1824 – 2019" (PDF). Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[NSW_parl-4] "Mr William Henry Wilks (1863-1940)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Mr John Storey (1869-1921)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Balmain_North-5] Green, Antony. "1901 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Balmain_North-6] Green, Antony. "1898 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Balmain_North-7] Green, Antony. "1895 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Balmain_North-8] Green, Antony. "1894 Balmain North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

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