title: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Pyrmont
text: # Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Pyrmont
  
  Sydney-Pyrmont, 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 | Thomas Davis | Labor |
  | 1895 | Thomas Davis | Labor |
  | 1898 | Samuel Smith | Labor |
  | 1901 | Samuel Smith | Labor |
  | 1902 by | John McNeill | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1902 by-election**
  
  1902 Sydney-Pyrmont by-election Saturday 24 May :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | John McNeill (elected) | 875 | 68.2 | -24.1 |
  | | Independent Labor | Andrew Cochrane | 370 | 28.8 | |
  | | Progressive | Thomas Gollan | 25 | 1.9 | |
  | | Independent | John Behan | 13 | 1.0 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,283 | 98.5 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19 | 1.5 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 55.3 | +8.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | | |
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Pyrmont :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Samuel Smith | 1,008 | 92.3 | +39.5 |
  | | Independent Liberal | John Sergeant | 84 | 7.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,092 | 98.8 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 13 | 1.2 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,105 | 46.9 | -11.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Samuel Smith | 616 | 52.8 |
  | | National Federal | Daniel O'Connor | 383 | 32.8 |
  | | Independent | John Carter | 152 | 13.0 |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | Frederick Marshall | 16 | 1.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,167 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10 | 0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,177 | 58.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Thomas Davis | 477 | 47.6 |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | John Carter | 374 | 37.3 |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Cyrus Fuller | 141 | 14.1 |
  | | Independent | Thomas Houghton | 5 | 0.5 |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | George Perry | 5 | 0.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,002 | 97.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 22 | 2.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,024 | 59.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Pyrmont :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Thomas Davis | 716 | 52.2 | |
  | | Free Trade | John Carter | 394 | 28.7 | |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Cyrus Fuller | 197 | 14.4 | |
  | | Ind. Free Trade | George Landers | 64 | 4.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,371 | 98.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 19 | 1.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,390 | 80.4 | |
  | | Labor win | Labor win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  