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Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election

Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in July 1895 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 1895 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 23 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 8 were uncontested.[1] The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,025, ranging from Lismore (1,366) to Marrickville (2,863).[2]

New South Wales colonial election, 24 July 1895[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 18941898 >>

Enrolled voters 253,125
Votes cast 151,680 Turnout 59.92 −18.64
Informal votes 1,354 Informal 0.88 −0.74
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Free Trade 56,347 37.15 +6.81 58 +8
  Protectionist 50,703 33.43 +5.74 42 +5
  Labor 20,028 13.20 −3.29 18 +3
  Ind. Free Trade 11,096 7.32 –4.29 4 −7
  Ind. Protectionist 6,547 4.32 −2.86 2 −2
  Independent 5,107 3.37 +2.41 0 ±0
  Independent Labor 1,852 1.22 −4.50 1 −7
Total 151,680     125  
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Election results

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Albury

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Alma

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Annandale

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Argyle

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Armidale

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Ashburnham

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Ashfield

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Ballina

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Balmain North

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Balmain South

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The Barwon

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Bathurst

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Bega

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Bingara

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Boorowa

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Botany

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Bourke

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Bowral

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Braidwood

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Broken Hill

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Burwood

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Camden

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Canterbury

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The Clarence

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Cobar

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Condoublin

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Coonamble

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Cowra

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Darlington

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Deniliquin

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Dubbo

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Durham

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East Maitland

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Eden-Bombala

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Glebe

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Glen Innes

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Gloucester

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Goulburn

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Grafton

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Granville

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Grenfell

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Gundagai

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Gunnedah

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Hartley

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The Hastings and The Macleay

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The Hawkesbury

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Hay

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The Hume

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Illawarra

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Inverell

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Kahibah

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Alfred Edden left Labor in 1891 over the question of the solidarity pledge and was elected as an Independent Labour member in 1894 and rejoined Labour before this election.

Kiama

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The Lachlan

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Leichhardt

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Lismore

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Macquarie

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Manaro

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The Manning

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Marrickville

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Molong

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Moree

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Moruya

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Mudgee

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The Murray

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The Murrumbidgee

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Narrabri

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The Nepean

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Newcastle East

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Newcastle West

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Newtown-Camperdown

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Newtown-Erskine

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Newtown-St Peters

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Northumberland

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Orange

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Paddington

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Parramatta

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Petersham

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Queanbeyan

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Quirindi

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Raleigh

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Randwick

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Redfern

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The Richmond

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Robertson

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Ryde

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Rylstone

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St George

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St Leonards

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Sherbrooke

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The Shoalhaven

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Singleton

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Sturt

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Sydney-Belmore

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Sydney-Bligh

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Sydney-Cook

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Sydney-Denison

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Sydney-Fitzroy

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Sydney-Flinders

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Sydney-Gipps

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Sydney-King

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Sydney-Lang

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Sydney-Phillip

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Sydney-Pyrmont

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Tamworth

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Tenterfield

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Tumut

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As this was a tied result, the returning officer had a casting vote and chose Travers Jones. The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a recount with the results as follows.

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The Tweed

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Uralla-Walcha

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Wagga Wagga

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Wallsend

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Waratah

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Warringah

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Waterloo

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Waverley

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Wellington

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Wentworth

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West Macquarie

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West Maitland

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Wickham

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Wilcannia

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Willoughby

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Woollahra

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Woronora

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Yass

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Young

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