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Electoral district of Waterloo

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Waterloo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Waterloo. It was created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,[1] and partly replaced the former 4 member electoral district of Redfern, In 1904 it was abolished and partly replaced by Alexandria.[2][3][4]

Members for Waterloo

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Member Party Term
  George Anderson Ind. Free Trade 1894–1895
  Free Trade 1895–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1904

Election results

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1901 New South Wales state election: Waterloo [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform George Anderson 1,125 50.9 +0.8
Labour Ernest Banner 1,026 46.5 +25.9
Socialist Labor James Morrish 52 2.4
Independent Henry Maynard 6 0.3 −0.3
Total formal votes 2,209 99.5 +0.3
Informal votes 11 0.5 −0.3
Turnout 2,220 65.2 +2.4
Liberal Reform hold  

References

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  1. ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Waterloo". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr George Anderson (1844-1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Waterloo". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.