New South Wales colonial election, 1898

New South Wales colonial election, 1898
New South Wales
27 July 1898 (1898-07-27)
All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Reid William Lyne James McGowen
Party Free Trade National Federal Labor Electoral League
Leader since September 1891 1895 August 1894
Leader's seat Sydney-King Hume Redfern
Last election 58 seats 42 seats 18 seats
Seats won 45 seats 52 seats 19 seats
Seat change Decrease13 Increase10 Increase1
Percentage 32.89 43.03% 12.18%
Swing Decrease4.26 Increase9.60 Decrease1.02

Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

George Reid
Free Trade

 Elected Premier

George Reid
Free Trade

The 1898 New South Wales colonial election was held on 27 July 1898 for all of the 125 seats in the 18th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. Suffrage was limited to adult white males. The 18th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 8 July 1898 by the Governor, Lord Hampden, on the advice of the Premier, George Reid.

The Protectionist Party, the main Opposition, contested this election under the name "National Federal Party", reflecting the party's focus on Federation as an issue at the election.

Key dates

Date Event
8 July 1898 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
18 – 22 July 1898 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
27 July 1898 Polling day.
16 August 1898 Opening of 18th Parliament.

Results

New South Wales colonial election, 27 July 1898
Legislative Assembly
<< 1895 — 1901 >>

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  

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See also

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