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Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in July 1898
New South Wales colonial election, 27 July 1898
[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters
301,989
Votes cast
176,998
Turnout
58.61
−1.31
Informal votes
1,638
Informal
0.92
+0.04
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
National Federal
76,161
43.03
+9.60
52
+10
Free Trade
58,214
32.89
−4.26
45
−13
Labour
21,556
12.18
−1.02
19
+1
Independent Federalist
12,443
7.03
+2.71
4
+2
Independent
5,290
2.99
−0.38
4
+4
Ind. Free Trade
3,325
1.88
−5.44
1
−3
Independent Labour
9
0.01
−1.21
0
−1
Total
176,998
125
The
1898 New South Wales colonial election was for 125
electoral districts , with each district returning one member.
[1]
The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or
first-past-the-post voting system. In this election, in 21 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 3 were uncontested.
[1] The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,416, ranging from
The Shoalhaven (1,577) to
Marrickville (3,516).
[2]
Election results
Albury
Alma
Annandale
Argyle
Armidale
Ashburnham
Ashfield
Ballina
Balmain North
Balmain South
The Barwon
Bathurst
Bega
Bingara
Boorowa
Botany
Bourke
Bowral
Braidwood
Broken Hill
Burwood
William McMillan had been elected as a Free Trade member, but changed to National Federal for this election.
Camden
Canterbury
The Clarence
Cobar
The sitting member
Thomas Waddell (National Federal) successfully contested
Cowra .
Condoublin
Coonamble
Cowra
Darlington
Deniliquin
Dubbo
Durham
East Maitland
Eden-Bombala
Glebe
Glen Innes
Gloucester
Goulburn
Grafton
Granville
Grenfell
Gundagai
Gunnedah
Hartley
The Hastings and The Macleay
The Hawkesbury
Hay
The Hume
Illawarra
Inverell
Kahibah
Kiama
The Lachlan
Leichhardt
Lismore
Macquarie
The Manning
Marrickville
Molong
Manaro
Moree
Moruya
Mudgee
The Murray
The Murrumbidgee
Narrabri
The sitting member
Charles Collins (Free Trade) died in 1898 and
Hugh Ross (Labour) had won the seat in a
by-election .
The Nepean
Newcastle East
Newcastle West
Newtown-Camperdown
Newtown-Erskine
Newtown-St Peters
Northumberland
Orange
Paddington
Parramatta
Petersham
Queanbeyan
Quirindi
Raleigh
Randwick
Redfern
The Richmond
Robertson
Ryde
Rylstone
St George
St Leonards
Sherbrooke
The Shoalhaven
Philip Morton had been elected as an Independent Free Trader but changed to National Federal.
Singleton
Sturt
Sydney-Belmore
Sydney-Bligh
Sydney-Cook
Sydney-Denison
Sydney-Fitzroy
John McElhone (Independent Free Trade) died in 1898 and
John Norton (National Federal) had won the seat in a
by-election .
Sydney-Flinders
Sydney-Gipps
Sydney-King
Sydney-Lang
Sydney-Phillip
Sydney-Pyrmont
Tamworth
Tenterfield
Tumut
The Tweed
Uralla-Walcha
Wagga Wagga
Wallsend
Waratah
Warringah
Waterloo
Waverley
Wellington
Wentworth
West Macquarie
West Maitland
Wickham
Wilcannia
Willoughby
Woollahra
Woronora
Yass
Young
See also
Notes
^ This was the only election at which
John Nicholson was listed as a Free Trade member and
Antony Green suggests he may have been better classified as Independent Labour.
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"1898 Sydney-Lang" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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"1898 Tamworth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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"1898 Tenterfield" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Tumut" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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"1898 Tweed" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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"1898 Uralla-Walcha" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Wagga Wagga" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Wallsend" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Waratah" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Warringah" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Waterloo" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Macquarie West" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Maitland West" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Wickham" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Wilcannia" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020 .
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Green, Antony .
"1898 Willoughby" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
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Green, Antony .
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"1898 Young" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 .
Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020 .
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