title: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Bligh
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Bligh
  
  Sydney-Bligh, 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 | James Martin | Free Trade |
  | 1895 | James Harvey | Free Trade |
  | 1898 | Patrick Quinn | National Federal |
  | 1901 | Patrick Quinn | Progressive |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Bligh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive | Patrick Quinn | 781 | 49.7 | -4.9 |
  | | Liberal Reform | John Brindley | 604 | 38.4 | -5.6 |
  | | Independent | John Hughes | 85 | 5.4 | |
  | | Labor | Daniel Healey | 76 | 4.8 | |
  | | Independent Liberal | John Campbell | 27 | 1.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,573 | 99.8 | +1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3 | 0.2 | -1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,576 | 56.4 | +2.9 |
  | | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Bligh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Federal | Patrick Quinn | 642 | 54.5 |
  | | Free Trade | James Harvey | 518 | 44.0 |
  | | Independent | William McNamara | 18 | 1.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,178 | 98.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14 | 1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,192 | 53.5 |
  | | National Federal gain from Free Trade | National Federal gain from Free Trade | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Bligh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | James Harvey | 515 | 46.7 |
  | | Protectionist | Patrick Quinn | 317 | 28.8 |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | James Martin | 257 | 23.3 |
  | | Labor | Reginald Daly | 13 | 1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,102 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,111 | 59.4 |
  | | Free Trade hold | Free Trade hold | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Bligh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | James Martin | 609 | 39.8 | |
  | | Labor | James Hendry | 369 | 24.1 | |
  | | Protectionist | James Murphy | 265 | 17.3 | |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | Unni Carpenter | 218 | 14.3 | |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Patrick Hourigan | 57 | 3.7 | |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Edward McConville | 12 | 0.8 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,530 | 99.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12 | 0.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,542 | 79.8 | |
  | | Free Trade win | Free Trade win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  