The 1898 New South Wales colonial election was for 125

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, with each district returning one member. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or

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system. In this election, in 21 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 3 were uncontested. The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,416, ranging from The Shoalhaven (1,577) to

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(3,516).

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

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(National Federal) successfully contested

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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

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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

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(Independent Free Trade) died in 1898 and John Norton (National Federal) had won the seat in a

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

Notes

References

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