title: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Cook
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Cook
  
  Sydney-Cook, 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 | Samuel Whiddon | Free Trade |
  | 1895 | Samuel Whiddon | Free Trade |
  | 1898 | Samuel Whiddon | Free Trade |
  | 1901 | Samuel Whiddon | Liberal Reform |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Cook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Reform | Samuel Whiddon | 665 | 41.2 | -11.0 |
  | | Progressive | George Perry | 623 | 38.6 | -7.5 |
  | | Independent | John Griffin | 170 | 10.5 | |
  | | Labor | Philip Mulholland | 135 | 8.4 | |
  | | Independent Progressive | William Hart | 17 | 1.1 | |
  | | Independent | Henry Cato | 4 | 0.3 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,614 | 99.3 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11 | 0.7 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,625 | 64.4 | +7.3 |
  | | Liberal Reform hold | Liberal Reform hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Samuel Whiddon | 593 | 52.2 |
  | | National Federal | George Lewis | 524 | 46.1 |
  | | Independent | Daniel Healey | 17 | 1.5 |
  | | Independent | Suleman Amein | 3 | 0.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,137 | 99.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7 | 0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,144 | 57.1 |
  | | Free Trade hold | Free Trade hold | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Samuel Whiddon | 586 | 54.8 |
  | | Protectionist | William Traill | 484 | 45.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,070 | 99.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,072 | 63.4 |
  | | Free Trade hold | Free Trade hold | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Samuel Whiddon | 649 | 46.4 | |
  | | Protectionist | William Traill | 473 | 33.8 | |
  | | Labor | James Watson | 276 | 19.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,398 | 99.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 8 | 0.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,406 | 81.3 | |
  | | Free Trade win | Free Trade win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  