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.^[1][2][3] It was in the Surry Hills area, bounded by Riley Street, Oxford Street, South Dowling Street, Nobbs Street, Davies Street and Tudor Street.^[4][5] 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
		Progressive	1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Sydney-Flinders

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sydney-Flinders.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Flinders ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Arthur Nelson	601	34.9	−13.2
	Liberal Reform	John Waine	598	34.8	−3.2
	Ind. Progressive	Ernest Gardner	191	11.1	+2.1
	Independent Liberal	Hezekiah Evers	124	7.2
	Ind. Progressive	James Lawrence	124	7.2
	Labour	Frederick Sommerhoff	82	4.8	-0.0
Total formal votes			1,720	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			14	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			1,734	75.8	+23.4
	Progressive hold