COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FIRST PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== EAST SYDNEY, NSW ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Redfern -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 September 1903, following the resignation of Rt Hon George Reid ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Independent 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: unknown Votes cast: unknown Informal votes: unknown Formal votes: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Blake 96 04.7 William Maguire 259 12.6 Rt Hon George REID FT 1,697 82.7 +20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,052 35.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reid was member for East Sydney 1901-03 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Houston Reid (1848-1918): Elected 1901. Resigned 1903. Elected 1903 By Leader of the Opposition Leader of the Free Traders -------------------------------------------------------------------- For the circumstances of Reid's resignation, see East Sydney 1901. --------------------------------------------------------------------