title: Electoral district of Sydney-Flinders
text: # Electoral district of Sydney-Flinders
  
  Sydney-Flinders was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894 in inner Sydney from part of the electoral district of South Sydney and named after maritime explorer Matthew Flinders. It was in the Surry Hills area, bounded by Riley Street, Oxford Street, South Dowling Street, Nobbs Street, Davies Street and Tudor Street. It was abolished in 1904 and absorbed into the electoral district of Surry Hills.
  
  ## Members for Sydney-Flinders
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bernhard Wise | Free Trade | 1894–1895 |
  | Arthur Nelson | Protectionist | 1895–1901 |
  | Arthur Nelson | Progressive | 1901–1904 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  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 | | | |
  