1901 New South Wales state election

April 2022 State election for New South Wales, Australia June 2020 1901 New South Wales state election New South Wales parliamentary no 1898 New South Wales colonial election 1898 1904 New South Wales state election 1904 All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1901 7 3 JohnSee.jpg 140 130 150 0 7 center John See 28 March 1901 Progressive Party (1901) Grafton 22.99% 20.04 52 seats 42 seats 10 150x150px Charles Lee April 1901 Liberal Reform Party (Australia) Tenterfield 33.55% 0.66 45 seats 37 seats 8 James McGowen Premier.png 140 130 150 0 0 center James McGowen August 1894 Labor Redfern 18.44% 6.26 19 seats 24 seats 5 Premier Premier after election John See Progressive Party (1901) John See Progressive Party (1901) 1901 New South Wales state election.svg 350px Results of the election, showing the winning vote share of the elected member. The 1901 New South Wales state election was held on 3 July 1901 for all of the 125 seats in the 19th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. The Parliamentary Electorates Act of 1893 had conferred the right to vote on every male British subject over 21 years of age who was resident in New South Wales for a year or more. The 19th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 11 June 1901 by the Governor, Lord Beauchamp, on the advice of the Premier, John See. Background The federation of the Australian colonies in 1901 saw 18 members of the parliament of New South Wales transition to the new federal parliament, including the incumbent premier William Lyne and opposition leader George Reid.Hogan 2001 2-3 Lyne resigned as premier in March 1901 and was succeeded by John See. Their party, previously known as the Protectionists, had contested the 1898 election as the National Federal Party on an explicitly pro-federation platform.Hogan 2001 9 Charles Lee succeeded Reid as leader of the Free Trade Party and opposition leader in April 1901,Hogan 2001 11 while James McGowen remained as leader of the Labor Party.Hogan 2001 12 With the political issues of federation resolved and the "fiscal question" of tariff policy removed to the federal sphere, both the non-Labor parties adopted new names for the 1901 election. The Free Trade Party renamed itself the Liberal Party of New South Wales in April 1901,Hogan 2001 11 while the National Federal Party was renamed the Progressive Party the following month.Hogan 2001 10 Key dates Date Event 11 June 1901 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. 22 June 1901 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 3 July 1901 Polling day. 23 July 1901 Opening of 19th Parliament. Results Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election {{Australian elections/Title row | table style = float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; | title = New South Wales state election, 3 July 19011901 Totals 30 August 2019 | house = Legislative Assembly | series = New South Wales state election | back = 1898 | forward = 1904 | enrolled = 345,500 | total_votes = 194,980 | turnout % = 62.84 | turnout chg = +2.23 | informal = 1,534 | informal % = 0.78 | informal chg = −0.14 }} Liberal Reform 65,420 33.55 +0.66 37 −8 yes Progressive 44,817 22.99 −20.04 42 −10 Labour NSW 35,952 18.44 +6.26 24 +5 Independent 21,595 11.08 +8.09 12 +8 Independent Liberal Reform 16,770 8.60 +6.72 4 +3 Independent Progressive 6,533 3.35 −3.68 2 −2 Independent Labor NSW 3,565 1.83 +1.82 4 +4 Socialist Labor 328 0.17 +0.17 0 ±0 194,980 125 |}Popular vote #ddd 500px 650px Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) 33.55 Progressive Progressive Party (1901) 22.99 Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 18.44 Independent #888888 11.08 Ind. Liberal #888888 8.60 Ind. Progressive #888888 3.35 Ind. Labor #888888 1.83 Socialist Labor #a6000c 0.17 #ddd Parliamentary seats Progressive Progressive Party (1901) 33.60 42 Liberal Reform Liberal Reform Party (Australia) 29.60 37 Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 19.20 24 Independent #888888 9.60 12 Ind. Liberal #888888 3.20 4 Ind. Labor #888888 3.20 4 Ind. Progressive #888888 1.60 2 Retiring members Candidates of the 1901 New South Wales state election Retiring members yes Changing seats Seats changing handsCompares members at the 1898 election and the 1901 election and does not include the seats of Canterbury where the seat was won by an independent at a by-election but was regained by the Liberal Reform Party at the 1901 election. Seat 1898 1901 Party Member Party Member Alma   Labour NSW Josiah ThomasFed parl Elected to the federal parliament.   Independent Labour NSW William Williams Armidale   Progressive Charles Wilson   Liberal Reform Edmund Lonsdale Balmain North   Liberal Reform Bill WilksFed parl   Labour NSW John Storey Boorowa   Progressive Kenneth MackayKenneth Mackay was appointed to the Legislative Council and Niels Nielsen won the seat at the by-election.   Labour NSW Niels Nielsen Darlington   Liberal Reform Thomas Clarke   Labour NSW Phillip Sullivan Deniliquin   Progressive John ChanterFed parl   Independent Progressive Joseph Evans Gunnedah   Progressive Thomas GoodwinNo contest Did not contest the election.   Labour NSW David Hall Hartley   Liberal Reform Joseph CookFed parl   Independent John Hurley The Hastings and The Macleay   Progressive Francis ClarkeFed parl   Liberal Reform Robert Davidson The Hawkesbury   Liberal Reform William Morgan   Progressive Brinsley Hall Lismore   Progressive Thomas EwingFed parl   Independent Liberal Reform John Coleman Manning   Liberal Reform James Young   Progressive John Thomson Moree   Progressive Thomas HassallNo contest   Labour NSW William Webster Narrabri   Labour NSW Hugh RossUnsuccessfully contested Quirindi.   Liberal Reform Albert Collins Nepean   Liberal Reform Samuel Lees   Progressive Thomas Smith Newcastle West   Labour NSW James ThomsonNo contest   Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert Newtown-Camperdown   Liberal Reform Francis CottonNo contest   Independent Progressive James Smith Newtown-Erskine   Liberal Reform Edmund Molesworth   Labour NSW Robert Hollis Newtown-St Peters   Liberal Reform William Rigg   Independent Liberal Reform James Fallick Northumberland   Progressive Richard StevensonStevenson Richard Stevenson died in 1899 and John Norton won the seat in a by-election, retaining it uncontested at the 1901 election.   Independent Liberal Reform John NortonStevenson Parramatta   Independent Progressive William Ferris   Liberal Reform Tom Moxham Raleigh   Independent John McLaughlinNo contest   Progressive George Briner Robertson   Progressive Robert Fitzgerald   Liberal Reform William Fleming Ryde   Independent Progressive Edward Terry   Independent Liberal Reform Frank Farnell Shoalhaven   Independent Progressive David Davis   Liberal Reform Mark Morton Sydney-Belmore   Liberal Reform Sir James Graham   Progressive Eden George Sydney-Denison   Liberal Reform Sir Matthew HarrisNo contest   Labour NSW Andrew Kelly Sydney-Gipps   Progressive Wilfred Spruson   Labour NSW William Daley Sydney-King   Liberal Reform George ReidFed parl   Progressive Ernest Broughton Tamworth   Progressive William SawersFed parl   Independent Raymond Walsh Warringah   Progressive Dugald ThomsonFed parl   Independent Ellison Quirk Wentworth   Progressive Joseph AbbottNo contest   Labour NSW Robert Scobie Woollahra   Liberal Reform John Garland   Independent Liberal Reform William Latimer Members changing party Seat 1898 1901 Party Member Party Member Albury   Progressive Thomas Griffith   Independent Thomas Griffith Eden-Bombala   Progressive William Wood   Independent William Wood Gloucester   Progressive Richard Price   Independent Richard Price Hay   Liberal Reform Frank Byrne   Independent Frank Byrne Manaro   Progressive Gus Miller   Labour NSW Gus Miller Petersham   Progressive John Cohen   Liberal Reform John Cohen Quirindi   Independent Robert Levien   Progressive Robert Levien Sherbrooke   Progressive Broughton O'Conor   Independent Broughton O'Conor Sturt   Labour NSW William Ferguson   Independent Labour NSW William Ferguson Tumut   Independent Robert Donaldson   Progressive Robert Donaldson West Maitland   Liberal Reform John Gillies   Independent John Gillies Wickham   Liberal Reform John Fegan   Progressive John Fegan Wilcannia   Labour NSW Richard Sleath   Independent Labour NSW Richard Sleath Woronora   Liberal Reform John Nicholson   Independent Labour NSW John Nicholson Notes See also Candidates of the 1901 New South Wales state election Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904 References https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006 New South Wales Parliament 2012-07-08 Further reading Michael Hogan David Clune 1901 Michael Hogan The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales, Volume One 1901-1927 2001 0909907390 Parliament of New South Wales and University of Sydney 1901 New South Wales state election Category:1901 elections in Australia 1901 New South Wales state election Category:July 1901 in Australia