Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election
The 1898 New South Wales colonial election was for 125 electoral districts, with each district returning one member.
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. The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,416, ranging from The Shoalhaven to Marrickville.Election results
Albury
Alma
Annandale
Argyle
Armidale
Ashburnham
Ashfield
Ballina
The Barwon
Bathurst
Bega
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| style="text-align:right;" |Bingara
Boorowa
Botany
Bourke
Bowral
Braidwood
Broken Hill
Burwood
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 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
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 died in 1898 and Hugh Ross had won the seat in a by-election.The Nepean
Newcastle East
Newcastle West
Newtown-Camperdown
Newtown-Erskine
Newtown-St Peters
Northumberland
Orange
Paddington
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| style="text-align:right;" |Parramatta
Petersham
Queanbeyan
Quirindi
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| style="text-align:right;" |Raleigh
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Redfern
The Richmond
Robertson
Ryde
Rylstone
St George
St Leonards
Sherbrooke
The Shoalhaven
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
died in 1898 and John Norton 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
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| style="text-align:right;" |Wallsend
Waratah
Warringah
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| style="text-align:right;" |Waterloo
Waverley
Wellington
Wentworth
West Macquarie
West Maitland
Wickham
Wilcannia
Willoughby
Woollahra
Woronora
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Young
