title: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Denison
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Denison
  
  Sydney-Denison, 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 | (Sir) Matthew Harris | Free Trade |
  | 1895 | (Sir) Matthew Harris | Free Trade |
  | 1898 | (Sir) Matthew Harris | Free Trade |
  | 1901 | Andrew Kelly | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Denison :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Andrew Kelly | 804 | 53.9 | |
  | | Liberal Reform | George Harris | 570 | 38.2 | -22.2 |
  | | Independent Liberal | William Watts | 83 | 5.6 | |
  | | Independent | James Hynes | 35 | 2.4 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,492 | 98.7 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 20 | 1.3 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,512 | 61.4 | +8.8 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal Reform | Labor gain from Liberal Reform | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Denison :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Matthew Harris | 604 | 60.4 |
  | | National Federal | William Henson | 376 | 37.6 |
  | | Independent | Alexander Hutchison | 16 | 1.6 |
  | | Independent | Thomas O'Reilly | 4 | 0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,000 | 98.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12 | 1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,012 | 52.6 |
  | | Free Trade hold | Free Trade hold | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Denison :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Matthew Harris | 674 | 61.6 |
  | | Protectionist | Henry Macnamara | 421 | 38.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,095 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,104 | 62.7 |
  | | Free Trade hold | Free Trade hold | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Denison :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Matthew Harris | 590 | 42.5 | |
  | | Protectionist | Andrew Kelly | 417 | 30.0 | |
  | | Labor | Andrew Thompson | 208 | 15.0 | |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | Henry Willis | 141 | 10.2 | |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Walter Dorman | 33 | 2.4 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,389 | 98.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 1.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,410 | 79.8 | |
  | | Free Trade win | Free Trade win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  