This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1917 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1913 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1910 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1907 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election:St Leonards ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Clark	2,366	37.0	−0.5
	Liberal Reform	John Carter	1,972	30.8	−18.9
	Independent Liberal	Herbert McIntosh	909	14.2
	Labour	Herbert Milner	600	9.4	−0.9
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Creswell (defeated)	549	8.6
Total formal votes			6,396	97.6
Informal votes			156	2.4
Turnout			6,552	71.9
	Independentgain fromLiberal Reform		Swing	+9.2

This was the third and final contest for St Leonards betweenEdward Clark andThomas Creswell. Clark, as the selectedLiberal Reform candidate defeated Cresswell at the1901 election.^[8] Creswell then defeated Clark to be selected as theLiberal Reform candidate in 1904,^[9] before comfortably beating him at theelection.^[10] Cresswell however lost Liberal preselection for the seat in 1907 to John Carter,^[11] with Clark defeating both Cresswell and Carter to regain the seat.^[7]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1904 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election:St Leonards ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Creswell	2,164	49.8
	Independent Liberal	Edward Clark	1,630	37.5
	Labour	George Down	445	10.2
	Independent	Fountain Winter	99	2.3
	Independent Liberal	Charles Lloyd	10	0.2
	Independent	David Middleton	1	0.0
Total formal votes			4,349	99.0
Informal votes			45	1.0
Turnout			4,394	55.9
	Liberal Reformhold

St Leonards lost part of the district toLane Cove and was expanded to include part ofWarringah. The member for St Leonards wasEdward Clark (Liberal Reform), who had defeatedThomas Creswell as an independent liberal candidate at the 1901 election. For 1904 Creswell was selected as the official Liberal candidate while Clark ran as an independent liberal candidate.^[13]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1901 New South Wales state election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election:St Leonards
Wednesday 17 June ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes(re-elected 1)	2,510	24.1
	Free Trade	Joseph Cullen(re-elected 2)	2,359	22.6
	Labour	Edward Clark(elected 3)	1,917	18.4
	Free Trade	John Burns (defeated)	1,808	17.3
	Protectionist	Francis Punch	1,345	12.9
	Ind. Free Trade	Jonathan Seaver (defeated)	494	4.7
Total formal votes			10,433	99.0
Informal votes			102	1.0
Turnout			4,532	61.4
	Free Tradehold 2
	Labourgain 1 fromFree Trade

Jonathan Seaver was the member forGloucester, a staunch free trader who contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership ofSir Henry Parkes.^[18]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt from1887 St Leonards colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1887 St Leonards by-election
Monday 24 October ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Sir Henry Parkes(elected)	unopposed
	Free Tradehold

Sir Henry Parkes (Free Trade) resigned due to insolvency.^[20]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election:St Leonards
Friday 16 October ^[22]

Candidate		Votes	%
Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1)		1,506	33.4
Isaac Ives (re-elected 2)		1,149	25.5
George Dibbs (defeated)		1,039	23.0
Edward Clark		819	18.2
Total formal votes		4,513	98.7
Informal votes		60	1.3
Turnout		3,008	70.5

Sir Henry Parkes was the member forArgyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge thePremierGeorge Dibbs. Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contestingThe Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election:St Leonards
Tuesday 5 December ^[23]

Candidate		Votes	%
Bernhardt Holtermann (elected 1)		965	30.9
George Dibbs (elected 2)		962	30.8
Cunningham Atchison		713	22.8
Philip Richardson		327	10.5
William Muston		86	2.8
Sir Henry Parkes		70	2.2
Total formal votes		3,123	98.5
Informal votes		49	1.5
Turnout		1,926	62.5
		(1 new seat)

Sitting memberJames Farnell unsuccessfully contestedParramatta and subsequently successfully contestedNew England. AfterSir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contestedEast Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and thenTenterfield where he was elected unopposed. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]

1860 New South Wales colonial election:St Leonards
Wednesday 19 December ^[30]

Candidate		Votes	%
Isaac Shepherd (elected)		580	68.4
George McIntosh		252	29.7
James Martin		16	1.9
Total formal votes		848	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		850	46.9

The sitting memberJames Farnell unsuccessfully contestedGoldfields West and thenCentral Cumberland.

This section is an excerpt from1860 St Leonards colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1860 St Leonards by-election
Wednesday 2 May ^[31]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Farnell (elected)		382	52.7
Isaac Shepherd		343	47.3
Total formal votes		725	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		725	49.1

Edward Sayers resigned.^[31]

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § St Leonards.[edit]