Balmain South, anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | Sydney Law | Labour | |
| 1895 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1901 | |||
| 1902 by | Independent Labour | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Labour | Sydney Law(re-elected) | 1,387 | 57.9 | ||
| Labour | Hugh Byers | 1,006 | 42.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,388 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 16 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,404 | 58.9 [a] | −10.1 | ||
| Memberchanged toIndependent Labour fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 1,413 | 50.7 | +3.7 | |
| Independent Liberal | John Gray | 871 | 31.2 | ||
| Liberal Reform | Charles Donnelley | 389 | 14.0 | ||
| Ind. Progressive | Percy Tighe | 80 | 2.9 | ||
| Independent | William Pacey | 30 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | Robert Morris | 5 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,788 | 99.0 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 27 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,815 | 69.0 | +4.1 | ||
| Labourhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 979 | 47.0 | ||
| National Federal | William Traill | 861 | 41.3 | ||
| Independent Federalist | Gilbert Murdoch | 174 | 8.4 | ||
| Independent | Charles Taylor | 70 | 3.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,084 | 99.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 10 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,094 | 64.9 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 901 | 49.8 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | James Johnston | 601 | 33.2 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | George Clubb | 197 | 10.9 | ||
| Protectionist | Osborne Chidgey | 111 | 6.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,810 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 22 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,832 | 71.4 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sydney Law | 775 | 34.7 | ||
| Protectionist | James Johnston | 727 | 32.5 | ||
| Free Trade | George Clubb | 716 | 32.1 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | George Maclean | 16 | 0.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,234 | 98.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 41 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,275 | 83.7 | |||
| Labourwin | (new seat) | ||||