Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Cook

Sydney-Cook, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Samuel Whiddon	Free Trade
1895
1898
1901			Liberal Reform

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Cook [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Samuel Whiddon	665	41.2	-11.0
	Progressive	George Perry	623	38.6	-7.5
	Independent	John Griffin	170	10.5
	Labour	Philip Mulholland	135	8.4
	Independent Progressive	William Hart	17	1.1
	Independent	Henry Cato	4	0.3
Total formal votes			1,614	99.3	-0.1
Informal votes			11	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			1,625	64.4	+7.3
	Liberal Reform hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Samuel Whiddon	593	52.2
	National Federal	George Lewis	524	46.1
	Independent	Daniel Healey	17	1.5
	Independent	Suleman Amein	3	0.3
Total formal votes			1,137	99.4
Informal votes			7	0.6
Turnout			1,144	57.1
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Samuel Whiddon	586	54.8
	Protectionist	William Traill	484	45.2
Total formal votes			1,070	99.8
Informal votes			2	0.2
Turnout			1,072	63.4
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney-Cook [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Samuel Whiddon	649	46.4
	Protectionist	William Traill	473	33.8
	Labour	James Watson	276	19.7
Total formal votes			1,398	99.4
Informal votes			8	0.6
Turnout			1,406	81.3
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1901 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Cook". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.