1895 New South Wales colonial election

Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in July 1895 September 2019 September 2019 1895 New South Wales colonial election New South Wales parliamentary no 1894 New South Wales colonial election 1894 1898 New South Wales colonial election 1898 All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1895 7 24 150x150px George Reid September 1891 Free Trade Party (New South Wales) Sydney-King 37.15 6.81 50 seats 58 seats 8 150x150px George Dibbs January 1889 Protectionist Party (New South Wales) Tamworth(lost seat) 33.43% 5.74 37 seats 42 seats 5 James McGowen Premier.png 140 130 150 0 0 center James McGowen August 1894 Labor Redfern 13.20% 3.29 15 seats 18 seats 3 Premier Premier after election George Reid Free Trade Party (New South Wales) George Reid Free Trade Party (New South Wales) 1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election.svg 300px Results of the election, showing the winning vote share of the elected member. The 1895 New South Wales colonial election was held on 24 July 1895 for all of the 125 seats in the seventeenth New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first-past-the-post voting system. Section 23 (1) of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act of 1893 conferred a right to vote on 'every male person, being a natural born [British] subject, who shall have resided or had his principal place of abode in New South Wales for a continuous period of one year'. The sixteenth parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 5 July 1895 by the Governor, Lord Hampden, on the advice of the Premier, George Reid.Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate New South Wales Parliamentary Record https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/Documents/Part%205B%20-%20Members%20returned%20for%20each%20electorate.pdf Parliament of New South Wales 14 April 2020 dmyFormer Members Parliament of New South Wales https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx 14 April 2020 dmy-all Key dates Date Event 5 July 1895 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. 16 – 20 July 1895 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 24 July 1895 Polling day. 13 August 1895 Opening of 17th Parliament. Results Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election {{Australian elections/Title row | table style = float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; | title = New South Wales colonial election, 24 July 18951895 election totals 1895 Totals 19 September 2019 | house = Legislative Assembly | series = New South Wales colonial election | back = 1894 | forward = 1898 | enrolled = 253,125 | total_votes = 151,680 | turnout % = 59.92 | turnout chg = −18.64 | informal = 1,354 | informal % = 0.88 | informal chg = −0.74 }} yes Free Trade NSW 56,347 37.15 +6.81 58 +8 Protectionist NSW 50,703 33.43 +5.74 42 +5 Labor NSW 20,028 13.20 −3.29 18 +3 Independent Free Trade NSW 11,096 7.32 –4.29 4 −7 Independent Protectionist NSW 6,547 4.32 −2.86 2 −2 Independent 5,107 3.37 +2.41 0 ±0 Independent Labor NSW 1,852 1.22 −4.50 1 −7 151,680 125 |}Popular vote #ddd 466px 650px Free Trade Free Trade Party 37.15 Protectionist Protectionist Party 33.43 Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 13.20 Ind. Free Trade #888888 7.32 Ind. Protectionist #888888 4.32 Independent #888888 3.37 Ind. Labor #888888 1.22 #ddd Parliamentary seats Free Trade Free Trade Party 46.40 58 Protectionist Protectionist Party 33.60 42 Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 14.40 18 Ind. Free Trade #888888 3.20 4 Ind. Protectionist #888888 1.60 2 Ind. Labor #888888 0.80 1 Retiring members Candidates of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election Retiring members yes Changing seats Seats changing handsCompares members at the 1894 election and the 1895 election and does not include seats that changed party as a result of a by-election. Seat 1894 1895 Party Member Party Member Albury   Protectionist John Wilkinson   Free Trade Richard Ball Armidale   Protectionist Henry Copeland   Free Trade Edmund Lonsdale Ashburnham   Independent Labour NSW Albert Gardiner   Protectionist Joseph Reymond Botany   Independent Free Trade William Stephen   Labour NSW John Dacey Camden   Protectionist John Kidd   Free Trade Charles Bull Dubbo   Protectionist James Morgan   Free Trade Simeon Phillips Gunnedah   Labour NSW John Kirkpatrick   Protectionist Thomas Goodwin Nepean   Free Trade Samuel Lees   Protectionist Thomas Smith Newcastle West   Free Trade James Ellis   Labour NSW James Thomson Northumberland   Protectionist Richard Stevenson   Free Trade Henry Wheeler Paddington   Free Trade William Shipway   Independent Free Trade John Neild Raleigh   Protectionist Patrick Hogan   Independent Protectionist John McLaughlin Rylstone   Protectionist William Wall   Free Trade John Fitzpatrick Sydney-Fitzroy   Free Trade Henry Chapman   Independent Free Trade John McElhone Sydney-Flinders   Free Trade Bernhard Wise   Protectionist Arthur Nelson Sydney-Phillip   Free Trade Robert Fowler   Protectionist Richard Meagher Tamworth   Protectionist George Dibbs   Free Trade Albert Piddington Tweed   Labour NSW John Willard   Protectionist Joseph Kelly Members changing party Seat 1894 1895 Party Member Party Member Condoublin   Independent Labour NSW Thomas Brown   Labour NSW Thomas Brown Darlington   Independent Labour NSW William Schey   Protectionist William Schey Durham   Independent Free Trade Herbert Brown   Protectionist Herbert Brown Eden-Bombala   Independent Labour NSW William Wood   Protectionist William Wood Grenfell   Free Trade George Greene   Independent Free Trade George Greene Hartley   Independent Labour NSW Joseph Cook   Free Trade Joseph Cook Hawkesbury   Independent Free Trade William Morgan   Free Trade William Morgan Kahibah   Independent Labour NSW Alfred Edden   Labour NSW Alfred Edden Kiama   Independent Protectionist Alexander Campbell   Protectionist Alexander Campbell Lachlan   Independent Protectionist James Carroll   Protectionist James Carroll Leichhardt   Independent Free Trade John Hawthorne   Free Trade John Hawthorne Macquarie   Free Trade James Tonkin   Protectionist William Hurley Newtown-St Peters   Independent Free Trade William Rigg   Free Trade William Rigg Parramatta   Independent Free Trade Dowell O'Reilly   Free Trade Dowell O'Reilly Petersham   Independent Free Trade Llewellyn Jones   Free Trade Llewellyn Jones Richmond   Independent Protectionist Robert Pyers   Protectionist Robert Pyers Shoalhaven   Free Trade Philip Morton   Independent Free Trade Philip Morton Sydney-Gipps   Independent Labour NSW George Black   Labour NSW George Black Uralla-Walcha   Independent Free Trade William Piddington   Free Trade William Piddington Waterloo   Independent Free Trade George Anderson   Free Trade George Anderson West Maitland   Independent Free Trade John Gillies   Free Trade John Gillies Woollahra   Independent Free Trade Adrian Knox   Free Trade Adrian Knox Notes References See also Candidates of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898 Category:Elections in New South Wales Category:1895 elections in Australia Category:1890s in New South Wales Category:July 1895 in Australia