title: Electoral results for the district of South Sydney
text: # Electoral results for the district of South Sydney
  
  South Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1880 | George Carter | None | John Davies | None | William Poole | None | George Withers | None |
  | 1882 | John Harris | None | Joseph Olliffe | None | William Poole | None | George Withers | None |
  | 1885 | James Toohey | None | Joseph Olliffe | None | John Davies | None | Archibald Forsyth | None |
  | 1887 | James Toohey | Protectionist | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | George Withers | Free Trade | Alban Riley | Free Trade |
  | 1887 by | James Toohey | Protectionist | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | George Withers | Free Trade | Alban Riley | Free Trade |
  | 1889 | James Toohey | Protectionist | William Traill | Protectionist | Walter Edmunds | Protectionist | James Martin | Free Trade |
  | 1891 | James Toohey | Protectionist | William Traill | Protectionist | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | James Martin | Free Trade |
  | 1893 by | William Manning | Protectionist | William Traill | Protectionist | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | James Martin | Free Trade |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1893 by-election**
  
  1893 South Sydney by-election Monday 13 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | William Manning (elected) | 1,985 | 41.7 |
  | | Free Trade | Edward Foxall | 1,962 | 41.2 |
  | | Labor | Frederick Flowers | 814 | 17.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,761 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 64 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,825 | 48.9 |
  | | Protectionist hold | Protectionist hold | | |
  
  **1891**
  
  1891 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney Wednesday 17 June :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | William Traill (re-elected 1) | 2,917 | 12.0 |
  | | Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (elected 2) | 2,808 | 11.5 |
  | | Free Trade | James Martin (re-elected 3) | 2,729 | 11.2 |
  | | Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 4) | 2,662 | 10.9 |
  | | Protectionist | Walter Edmunds (defeated) | 2,553 | 10.5 |
  | | Protectionist | George Dibbs | 2,510 | 10.3 |
  | | Free Trade | Edward Foxall | 2,237 | 9.2 |
  | | Free Trade | John McDonagh | 2,136 | 8.8 |
  | | Labor | Frederick Flowers | 2,017 | 8.3 |
  | | Labor | W Higgs | 1,805 | 7.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,374 | 99.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 179 | 0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,754 | 68.5 |
  | | Protectionist hold 2 | Protectionist hold 2 | | |
  | | Free Trade hold 1, gain 1 from Protectionist | Free Trade hold 1, gain 1 from Protectionist | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1880s
  
  **1889**
  
  1889 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney Saturday 2 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | William Traill (elected 1) | 3,036 | 13.0 |
  | | Protectionist | Walter Edmunds (elected 2) | 2,996 | 12.9 |
  | | Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 3) | 2,934 | 12.6 |
  | | Free Trade | James Martin (elected 4) | 2,918 | 12.5 |
  | | Protectionist | John Wright | 2,912 | 12.5 |
  | | Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (defeated) | 2,899 | 12.4 |
  | | Free Trade | Alban Riley (defeated) | 2,824 | 12.1 |
  | | Free Trade | George Pile | 2,805 | 12.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,324 | 99.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 35 | 0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,819 | 60.9 |
  | | Protectionist hold 1 and gain 2 from Free Trade | Protectionist hold 1 and gain 2 from Free Trade | | |
  | | Free Trade hold 1 | Free Trade hold 1 | | |
  
  **1887 by-election**
  
  1887 South Sydney by-election Saturday 4 June :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (re-elected) | 2,618 | 50.4 |
  | | Protectionist | William Traill | 2,578 | 49.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,196 | 99.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 49 | 0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,245 | 53.9 |
  | | Free Trade hold | Free Trade hold | | |
  
  **1887**
  
  1887 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney Saturday 5 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Alban Riley (elected 1) | 3,426 | 20.2 |
  | | Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (elected 2) | 3,067 | 18.1 |
  | | Free Trade | George Withers (elected 3) | 2,845 | 16.8 |
  | | Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 4) | 1,999 | 11.8 |
  | | Protectionist | John Davies (defeated) | 1,394 | 8.2 |
  | | Protectionist | Alfred Miller | 1,356 | 8.0 |
  | | Protectionist | Archibald Forsyth (defeated) | 1,110 | 6.5 |
  | | Protectionist | Edward Bennett | 1,085 | 6.4 |
  | | Independent | Michael Simmons | 685 | 4.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,967 | 99.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 126 | 0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,602 | 68.6 |
  
  **1885**
  
  1885 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney Friday 16 October :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Davies (elected 1) | John Davies (elected 1) | 2,444 | 17.0 |
  | James Toohey (elected 2) | James Toohey (elected 2) | 2,309 | 16.1 |
  | Joseph Olliffe (re-elected 3) | Joseph Olliffe (re-elected 3) | 2,084 | 14.5 |
  | Archibald Forsyth (elected 4) | Archibald Forsyth (elected 4) | 2,012 | 14.0 |
  | George Withers (defeated) | George Withers (defeated) | 1,738 | 12.1 |
  | Alfred Miller | Alfred Miller | 1,563 | 10.9 |
  | Edward O'Sullivan | Edward O'Sullivan | 1,130 | 7.9 |
  | William Poole (defeated) | William Poole (defeated) | 710 | 4.9 |
  | William Richardson | William Richardson | 378 | 2.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,368 | 98.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 252 | 1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 6,268 | 71.9 |
  
  **1882**
  
  1882 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney Saturday 2 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Olliffe (elected 1) | Joseph Olliffe (elected 1) | 2,672 | 21.7 |
  | John Harris (elected 2) | John Harris (elected 2) | 2,669 | 21.7 |
  | William Poole (re-elected 3) | William Poole (re-elected 3) | 1,948 | 15.8 |
  | George Withers (re-elected 4) | George Withers (re-elected 4) | 1,569 | 12.8 |
  | Sydney Burdekin (defeated) | Sydney Burdekin (defeated) | 1,412 | 11.5 |
  | John Davies (defeated) | John Davies (defeated) | 1,345 | 10.9 |
  | George Carter (defeated) | George Carter (defeated) | 682 | 5.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,297 | 98.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 191 | 1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 4,714 | 59.6 |
  
  **1880**
  
  1880 New South Wales colonial election: South Sydney Thursday 18 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Davies (re-elected 1) | John Davies (re-elected 1) | 2,707 | 17.3 |
  | George Withers (elected 2) | George Withers (elected 2) | 2,389 | 15.3 |
  | George Carter (elected 3) | George Carter (elected 3) | 2,170 | 13.9 |
  | William Poole (elected 4) | William Poole (elected 4) | 2,158 | 13.8 |
  | Joseph Olliffe | Joseph Olliffe | 2,125 | 13.6 |
  | Edward Horden | Edward Horden | 2,115 | 13.6 |
  | John Fitzgerald | John Fitzgerald | 1,040 | 6.7 |
  | Alexander Steel | Alexander Steel | 764 | 4.9 |
  | Aaron Wheeler | Aaron Wheeler | 144 | 0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,612 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 133 | 0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 5,648 | 69.5 |
  | | | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  