title: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Flinders
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Flinders
  
  Sydney-Flinders, 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 | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade |
  | 1895 | Arthur Nelson | Protectionist |
  | 1898 | Arthur Nelson | Protectionist |
  | 1901 | Arthur Nelson | Progressive |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Flinders :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive | Arthur Nelson | 601 | 34.9 | -13.2 |
  | | Liberal Reform | John Waine | 598 | 34.8 | -3.2 |
  | | Independent Progressive | Ernest Gardner | 191 | 11.1 | +2.1 |
  | | Independent Liberal | Hezekiah Evers | 124 | 7.2 | |
  | | Independent Progressive | James Lawrence | 124 | 7.2 | |
  | | Labor | Frederick Sommerhoff | 82 | 4.8 | -0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,720 | 99.2 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14 | 0.8 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,734 | 75.8 | +23.4 |
  | | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Federal | Arthur Nelson | 543 | 48.2 |
  | | Free Trade | John Dobbie | 428 | 38.0 |
  | | Independent Federalist | Ernest Gardner | 102 | 9.1 |
  | | Labor | Robert Cropley | 54 | 4.8 |
  | | Independent | William Gocher | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,127 | 99.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 12 | 1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,139 | 52.4 |
  | | National Federal hold | National Federal hold | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | Arthur Nelson | 333 | 32.1 |
  | | Independent | Bernhard Wise (defeated) | 296 | 28.6 |
  | | Free Trade | John Waine | 278 | 26.8 |
  | | Labor | John Buckley | 118 | 11.4 |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | Eden George | 11 | 1.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,036 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,050 | 58.4 |
  | | Protectionist gain from Free Trade | Protectionist gain from Free Trade | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Flinders :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Bernhard Wise | 656 | 45.8 | |
  | | Labor | John Dobbie | 379 | 26.5 | |
  | | Protectionist | William Kippax | 286 | 20.0 | |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | Joseph Olliffe | 77 | 5.4 | |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Leighton Kesteven | 34 | 2.4 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,432 | 98.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19 | 1.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,451 | 79.0 | |
  | | Free Trade win | Free Trade win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  