title: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Lang
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Lang
  
  Sydney-Lang, 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 | Billy Hughes | Labor |
  | 1895 | Billy Hughes | Labor |
  | 1898 | Billy Hughes | Labor |
  | 1901 | John Power | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Lang :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John Power | 576 | 43.8 | -9.8 |
  | | Liberal Reform | Evan Jones | 447 | 34.0 | |
  | | Progressive | Joseph Chuck | 259 | 19.7 | -9.6 |
  | | Socialist Labor | Harry Holland | 34 | 2.6 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,316 | 98.8 | -0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 16 | 1.2 | +0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,332 | 56.0 | +8.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Billy Hughes | 544 | 53.6 |
  | | National Federal | Joseph Chuck | 297 | 29.3 |
  | | Independent | John Strachan | 164 | 16.2 |
  | | Independent Federalist | David Fealy | 10 | 1.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,015 | 98.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12 | 1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,027 | 47.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Billy Hughes | 525 | 58.7 |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | John Taylor | 283 | 31.6 |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Henry Foran | 45 | 5.0 |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | John Anderson | 42 | 4.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 895 | 98.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 13 | 1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 55.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Lang :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Billy Hughes | 533 | 42.3 | |
  | | Free Trade | John Taylor | 428 | 33.9 | |
  | | Protectionist | Jack FitzGerald | 273 | 21.7 | |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | John Butler | 27 | 2.1 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,261 | 97.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 37 | 2.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,298 | 74.8 | |
  | | Labor win | Labor win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  