Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1898–1901

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 18th parliament of New South Wales held their seats between 1898 and 1901. They were elected at the 1898 colonial election on 27 July 1898.^[1][2] The Speaker was Sir Joseph Abbott until 12 June 1900 and then William McCourt.^[3]

Name	Party [a]		Electorate	Term in office
Sir Joseph Abbott		National Federal	Wentworth	1880–1901
William Affleck		Free Trade	Yass	1894–1904
George Anderson		Free Trade	Waterloo	1894–1904
William Archer		Ind. Free Trade	Burwood	1898–1904
James Ashton		Free Trade	Goulburn	1894–1907
John Barnes		National Federal	Gundagai	1889–1904
Edmund Barton 1, 5		National Federal	Hastings and Macleay	1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Walter Bennett		Independent Federalist	Durham	1898–1907, 1917–1934
Thomas Brown		Labour	Condoublin	1894–1901, 1913–1917
James Brunker		Free Trade	East Maitland	1880–1904
Frank Byrne		Free Trade	Hay	1898–1904
Alexander Campbell		National Federal	Kiama	1894–1904
Archibald Campbell		Free Trade	Illawarra	1891–1903
John Cann		Labour	Broken Hill	1891–1916
James Carroll		National Federal	Lachlan	1894–1904
Joseph Carruthers		Free Trade	St George	1887–1908
John Chanter		National Federal	Deniliquin	1885–1901
Austin Chapman		National Federal	Braidwood	1891–1901
Henry Chapman		Free Trade [b]	Sydney-Fitzroy	1894–1895, 1898–1901
Edward Clark		Free Trade [b]	St Leonards	1891–1904, 1907–1910
Francis Clarke 1, 5		National Federal	Hastings and Macleay	1893–11898, 1900–1901
Henry Clarke		National Federal	Bega	1869–1894, 1895–1904
Thomas Clarke		Free Trade	Darlington	1898–1901
John Cohen		National Federal	Petersham	1898–1919
Joseph Cook		Free Trade	Hartley	1891–1901
Henry Copeland 6		National Federal	Sydney-Phillip	1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Francis Cotton		Free Trade [b]	Newtown-Camperdown	1891–1901
Paddy Crick		National Federal	West Macquarie	1889–1906
George Cruickshank		National Federal	Inverell	1889–1901
John Dacey		Labour	Botany	1895–1912
David Davis		Independent Federalist	Shoalhaven	1898–1901
William Davis 11		National Federal	Bourke	1889–1891, 1898–1904
William Dick		Free Trade	Newcastle East	1894–1907
Charles Dight		National Federal	Singleton	1898–1904
Robert Donaldson		Independent	Tumut	1898–1913
Alfred Edden		Labour	Kahibah	1891–1920
Thomas Ewing		National Federal	Lismore	1885–1901
John Fegan		Free Trade / Protectionist [b]	Wickham	1891–1907, 1920–1922
William Ferguson		Labour	Sturt	1894–1904
William Ferris 2		Independent Federalist	Parramatta	1898–1901
Robert Fitzgerald		National Federal	Robertson	1885–1901
John Fitzpatrick		Free Trade [b]	Rylstone	1895–1904, 1907–1930
Thomas Fitzpatrick		National Federal	Murrumbidgee	1894–1904
John Garland		Free Trade	Woollahra	1898–1901, 1903–1904
John Gillies		Free Trade [b]	West Maitland	1891–1911
Thomas Goodwin		National Federal	Gunnedah	1887–1888, 1895–1901
James Gormly		National Federal	Wagga Wagga	1885–1904
James Graham		Free Trade	Sydney-Belmore	1894–1901, 1907–1910
Arthur Griffith		Labour	Waratah	1894–1903, 1904–1920
Thomas Griffith		National Federal	Albury	1898–1904
Sir Matthew Harris		Free Trade	Sydney-Denison	1894–1901
Thomas Hassall		National Federal	Moree	1886–1901
John Hawthorne		Free Trade	Leichhardt	1885–1891, 1894–1904
James Hayes		National Federal	Murray	1885–1904
John Haynes		Free Trade [b]	Wellington	1887–1904, 1915–1917
James Hogue		Free Trade	Glebe	1894–1910
William Holman		Labour	Grenfell	1898–1920
George Howarth		Free Trade	Willoughby	1895–1903
Billy Hughes		Labour	Sydney-Lang	1894–1901
William Hurley		National Federal	Macquarie	1895–1904
Thomas Jessep		Free Trade	Waverley	1896–1907
John Kidd		National Federal	Camden	1880–1882, 1885–1887, 1889–1904
Sydney Law		Labour	Balmain South	1894–1907
Charles Lee		Free Trade	Tenterfield	1884–1920
Samuel Lees		Free Trade	Nepean	1887–1895, 1898–1901
Robert Levien		Independent	Quirindi	1880–1889, 1889–1913
Sir William Lyne		National Federal	Hume	1880–1901
Hugh Macdonald		Labour	Castlereagh	1894–1906
Kenneth Mackay 4		National Federal	Boorowa	1895–1899
Michael MacMahon 12		Protectionist	Uralla-Walcha	1900–1904
William Mahony		Free Trade	Annandale	1894–1910
William McCourt		Free Trade	Bowral	1882–1885, 1887–1913
John McFarlane		National Federal	Clarence	1887–1915
James McGowen		Labour	Redfern	1891–1917
John McLaughlin		Independent	Raleigh	1880–1885, 1895–1901
Gordon McLaurin 14		Protectionist	Hume	1901–1913
Francis McLean		Free Trade	Marrickville	1894–1901
Richard Meagher		Independent	Tweed	1895, 1898–1904, 1907–1917
William Millard		Free Trade	Moruya	1894–1920, 1920–1921
Gus Miller		National Federal	Monaro	1889–1918
Edmund Molesworth		Free Trade	Newtown-Erskine	1889–1901
Samuel Moore		Free Trade	Bingara	1885–1910
William Morgan		Free Trade	Hawkesbury	1894–1901
John Neild		Free Trade	Paddington	1885–1889, 1891–1894, 1895–1901
Arthur Nelson		National Federal	Sydney-Flinders	1895–1904
Harry Newman		Free Trade	Orange	1891–1904
John Nicholson		Free Trade [b]	Woronora	1891–1917
Niels Nielsen 4		Labour	Boorowa	1899–1913
John Nobbs		Free Trade	Granville	1888–1893, 1898–1913
John Norton 3		Independent	Northumberland	1898–1906, 1907–1910
Daniel O'Connor 6		Protectionist	Sydney-Phillip	1877–1891, 1900–1904
Broughton O'Conor		National Federal	Sherbrooke	1898–1907
Edward O'Sullivan		National Federal	Queanbeyan	1885–1910
Varney Parkes 7		Free Trade	Canterbury	1885–1888, 1891–1900, 1907–1913
John Perry		National Federal	Ballina	1889–1920
Simeon Phillips		Free Trade	Dubbo	1895–1904
William Piddington 8, 12		National Federal	Uralla-Walcha	1894–1900
Richard Price		National Federal	Gloucester	1894–1904, 1907–1922
Robert Pyers		National Federal	Richmond	1894–1904
Patrick Quinn		National Federal	Sydney-Bligh	1898–1904
George Reid		Free Trade	Sydney-King	1880–1884, 1885–1901
Joseph Reymond		National Federal	Ashburnham	1895–1904
Edwin Richards		National Federal	Mudgee	1894–1904
William Rigg		Free Trade	Newtown-St Peters	1894–1901
Thomas Rose		National Federal	Argyle	1891–1904
Andrew Ross		National Federal	Molong	1880–1904
Hugh Ross		Labour	Narrabri	1898–1901
William Sawers		National Federal	Tamworth	1885–1886, 1898–1901
John See		National Federal	Grafton	1880–1904
Richard Sleath		Labour	Wilcannia	1894–1904
Samuel Smith		Labour	Sydney-Pyrmont	1898–1902
Sydney Smith 7, 10		Free Trade	Canterbury	1882–1898, 1900
William Spence		Labour	Cobar	1898–1901
Wilfred Spruson		National Federal	Sydney-Gipps	1898–1901
Richard Stevenson 3		National Federal	Northumberland	1886–1895, 1898–1899
David Storey		Free Trade	Randwick	1894–1920
Francis Suttor 9		National Federal	Bathurst	1875–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Thomas Taylor 10		Independent	Canterbury	1900–1901
Edward Terry		Independent Federalist	Ryde	1898–1901, 1904
Josiah Thomas		Labour	Alma	1894–1901
Dugald Thomson		National Federal	Warringah	1894–1901
James Thomson		Labour	Newcastle West	1895–1901
Thomas Waddell		National Federal	Cowra	1897–1917
David Watkins		Labour	Wallsend	1894–1901
Chris Watson		Labour	Young	1894–1901
Samuel Whiddon		Free Trade	Sydney-Cook	1894–1904
Bill Wilks		Free Trade	Balmain North	1894–1901
William Willis		National Federal	Barwon	1889–1904
Charles Wilson		National Federal	Armidale	1898–1901
Bernhard Wise 13		National Federal	Ashfield	1887–1889, 1891–1895, 1898–1900
Frederick Winchcombe 13		Free Trade	Ashfield	1900–1905
William Wood		National Federal	Eden-Bombala	1894–1913
Francis Wright		National Federal	Glen Innes	1882–1885, 1889–1903
James Young		Free Trade	Manning	1880–1901, 1904–1907
William Young 9		Protectionist	Bathurst	1900–1907

By-elections

Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed. These by-elections are only noted when the minister was defeated; in general, he was elected unopposed.^[5]

#	Electorate	Departing Member	Party		Reason for By-election	Date of By-election	Winner of By-election	Party
1	Hastings and Macleay	Francis Clarke		National Federal	Resigned to give Barton a seat	23 September 1898	Edmund Barton		National Federal
2	Parramatta	William Ferris		Independent Federalist	Election declared void on appeal	26 October 1898	William Ferris		Protectionist
3	Northumberland	Richard Stevenson		National Federal	Death	20 June 1899	John Norton		Independent
4	Boorowa	Kenneth Mackay		Protectionist	Appointed to Legislative Council	23 September 1899	Niels Nielsen		Labour
5	Hastings and Macleay	Edmund Barton		Protectionist	Resigned to take Constitution to London	1 March 1900	Francis Clarke		Protectionist
6	Sydney-Phillip	Henry Copeland		Protectionist	accepted post as Agent-General in London	7 April 1900	Daniel O'Connor		Protectionist
7	Canterbury	Varney Parkes		Free Trade	Resignation	9 June 1900	Sydney Smith		Free Trade
8	Uralla-Walcha	William Piddington		Protectionist	Resignation due to insolvency	9 June 1900	William Piddington		Protectionist
9	Bathurst	Francis Suttor		Protectionist	Appointed to Legislative Council	25 June 1900	William Young		Protectionist
10	Canterbury	Sydney Smith		Free Trade	By-election result voided on appeal	28 July 1900	Thomas Taylor		Independent
11	Bourke	William Davis		Protectionist	Resignation due to insolvency	15 September 1900	William Davis		Protectionist
12	Uralla-Walcha	William Piddington		Protectionist	Death	27 October 1900	Michael MacMahon		Protectionist
13	Ashfield	Bernhard Wise		Protectionist	Appointed to Legislative Council	10 November 1900	Frederick Winchcombe		Free Trade
14	Hume	William Lyne		Protectionist	Successfully contested Hume at 1901 Federal election	17 April 1901	Gordon McLaurin		Protectionist

See also

• Reid ministry
• Lyne ministry
• Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election
• Candidates of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election

Notes

1. Members of the Protectionist Party under the leadership of Barton and Lyne campaigned as the National Federal Party at the 1898 colonial election. After the success of the 2nd Federal Referendum on 20 June 1899, they resumed the Protectionist name. The party designation is the designation given at the time of election but party affiliations were particularly flexible during the pre-federation period in the New South Wales Parliament (see Antony Green below).
2. While nominally supporters of the Free Trade Party, these members supported a no confidence motion which brought about the defeat of the Reid government.^[4]