Candidates of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election

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This is a list of candidates for the 1898 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held on 27 July 1898.

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The Protectionist Party contested this election under the name "National Federal Party", reflecting their focus on the issue of Federation.

Retiring members

National Federal

Free Trade

Labor

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

ElectorateHeld by National Federal candidate Free Trade candidate Labor candidateOther candidates
 
Albury Free Trade Thomas Griffith Richard Ball
Alma Labor William Harding Josiah Thomas Charles Counsell (Ind)
Annandale Free Trade Reginald Cohen William Mahony
Argyle National Federal Thomas Rose Francis Isaac
Armidale Free Trade Charles Wilson Edmund Lonsdale
Ashburnham National Federal Joseph Reymond Albert Gardiner
Ashfield Free Trade Bernhard Wise Thomas Bavister
Ballina National Federal John Perry Thomas Temperley (Ind Fed)
Balmain North Free Trade Leonard Green Bill Wilks Alexander Milne (Ind Fed)
Balmain South Labor William Traill Sydney Law Gilbert Murdoch (Ind Fed)
Charles Taylor (Ind)
Barwon National Federal William Willis Donald Macdonell
Bathurst Free Trade Francis Suttor Sydney Smith
Bega National Federal Henry Clarke William Boot (Ind Fed)
William Braine (Ind Fed)
Bingara Free Trade William McIntyre Samuel Moore
Boorowa National Federal Kenneth Mackay James Toomey
Botany Labor Charles Swinbourne John Dacey James Macfadyen (Ind Fed)
William Stephen (Ind FT)
William Wall (Ind Fed)
Bourke Free Trade William Davis Edward Millen
Bowral Free Trade F. N. Yarwood William McCourt
Braidwood National Federal Austin Chapman Charles Beale
Broken Hill Labor Alexander Hendry John Cann
Burwood Free Trade William McMillan William Archer* (Ind FT)
James Eve (Ind FT)
Camden Free Trade John Kidd Charles Bull Henry Willis (Ind)
Canterbury Free Trade Thomas Bavin Varney Parkes George Rundle (Ind Fed)
Clarence National Federal John McFarlane
Cobar National Federal Michael O'Halloran William Spence Richard Machattie (Ind Fed)
Samuel Wood (Ind)
Condoublin Labor Andrew Stewart Thomas Brown
Coonamble Labor William Alison Hugh Macdonald
Cowra National Federal Thomas Waddell Hector Lamond
Darlington National Federal William Schey Thomas Clarke William Hall (Ind FT)
James Jones (Ind)
Michael Keating (Ind Fed)
Deniliquin National Federal John Chanter George Berryman (Ind)
Dubbo Free Trade James Morgan Simeon Phillips
Durham National Federal Herbert Brown Walter Bennett (Ind Fed)
East Maitland Free Trade Samuel Clift James Brunker
Eden-Bombala National Federal William Wood Henry Dawson (Ind Fed)
Samuel Woods (Ind Fed)
Glebe Free Trade Bruce Smith James Hogue
Glen Innes National Federal Francis Wright Thomas Chandler (Ind)
John Wetherspoon (Ind)
Gloucester National Federal Richard Price Frederick Hooke
Goulburn Free Trade Arthur Barrett James Ashton
Grafton National Federal John See Frederick McGuren (Ind Fed)
Granville Labor William Windsor John Nobbs Charles Dyer
Grenfell Free Trade Andrew Kelly William Holman
Gundagai National Federal John Barnes William MatchettJohn Miller (Ind Fed)
Waldo Sibthorpe (Ind Fed)
Gunnedah National Federal Thomas Goodwin John Kirkpatrick William Case (Ind Fed)
Hartley Free Trade John Tabrett Joseph Cook
Hastings and Macleay National Federal Francis Clarke
Hawkesbury Free Trade John Paine William Morgan William Dean (Ind Fed)
Brinsley Hall (Ind Fed)
Hay Free Trade James Newton Frank Byrne Allen Lakeman (Ind Fed)
Hume National Federal William Lyne William Wiesner
Illawarra Free Trade Thomas Kennedy Archibald Campbell
Inverell National Federal George Cruickshank Thomas Jones (Ind)
Kahibah Labor Oswald Steel Alfred Edden William Richardson (Ind Fed)
William Williams (Ind)
Kiama National Federal Alexander Campbell George Fuller
Lachlan National Federal James Carroll C. N. Broome (Ind FT)
Alexander Cameron (Ind Fed)
Leichhardt Free Trade Richard Colonna-Close John Hawthorne George Clark
Lismore National Federal Thomas Ewing James Walker (Ind Fed)
Macquarie National Federal William Hurley Robert ThompsonAllen Carmichael (Ind FT)
Frank Foster (Ind)
William Paul (Ind FT)
David Todd (Ind)
Manning Free Trade David Cowan James Young
Marrickville Free Trade David Chenhall Francis McLean William Clarke (Ind Fed)
Elliot Johnson (Ind FT)
William Webster (Ind)
Molong National Federal Andrew Ross Harrington McCullochWilliam Shield (Ind Fed)
Monaro National Federal Gus Miller Hugh MacDonnell Ind)
Granville Ryrie (Ind FT)
Moree National Federal Thomas Hassall Henry Joseph
Moruya Free Trade Albert Chapman William Millard John Brogan (Ind)
Mudgee Free Trade Edwin Richards Robert Jones
Murray National Federal James Hayes
Murrumbidgee National Federal Thomas Fitzpatrick Arthur Rae
Narrabri Labor George Dale Hugh Ross William Borthwick (Ind Fed)
Nepean National Federal Thomas Smith Samuel Lees Alfred Reid (Ind FT)
Newcastle East Free Trade Jefferson Hester William Dick Robert Huntly (Ind)
Newcastle West Labor James Ellis James Thomson
Newtown-Camperdown Free Trade James Abigail Francis Cotton Edward Riley Mikael Dunn (Ind)
Thomas Evans (Ind Fed)
James Smith (Ind Fed)
George Spark (Ind Fed)
Newtown-Erskine Free Trade Harold Morgan Edmund Molesworth
Newtown-St Peters Free Trade George Edwards William Rigg Ernest Dent (Ind Fed)
James Mitchell (Ind Fed)
William Sherley (Ind)
Hugh St George (Ind Fed)
Northumberland Free Trade Richard Stevenson Henry Wheeler
Orange Free Trade James Dalton Harry Newman
Paddington Free Trade Thomas West John Neild Arthur Fletcher (Ind FT)
Parramatta Free Trade Edwin Brown Dowell O'Reilly William Ferris* (Ind Fed)
Joseph Withers (Ind Fed)
Petersham Free Trade John Cohen Llewellyn Jones Percy Hordern (Ind FT)
Queanbeyan National Federal Edward O'Sullivan Alfred Allen John Harper (Ind)
Percy Hodgkinson (Ind)
Quirindi National Federal William Clapin John Perry Robert Levien (Ind)
Raleigh Independent Patrick Hogan John McLaughlin (Ind)
Randwick Free Trade George Raffan David Storey
Redfern Labor William Cameron James McGowen Joseph Butterfield (Ind Fed)
William Hunter (Ind)
Richmond National Federal Robert Pyers John Willard (Ind FT)
Robertson National Federal Robert Fitzgerald Thomas Houghton
Ryde Free Trade Frank Farnell Edward Foxall (Ind FT)
Edward Terry* (Ind Fed)
Rylstone Free Trade Jack FitzGerald John Fitzpatrick
St George Free Trade George Waddell Joseph Carruthers Francis Brown (Ind)
St Leonards Free Trade Fountain Winter Edward Clark Andrew Eaton (Ind Fed)
Robert Moodie (Ind Fed)
Sherbrooke Free Trade Broughton O'Conor Jacob Garrard James Purser (Ind)
Shoalhaven Independent Philip Morton David Davis (Ind Fed)
Singleton Free Trade Charles Dight Albert Gould
Sturt Labor Thomas Walker William Ferguson Alexander Hendry (Ind)
Sydney-Belmore Free Trade Henry Hoyle James Graham Joseph Carlos (Ind Fed)
Harry Foran (Ind)
Sydney-Bligh Free Trade Patrick Quinn James Harvey William McNamara (Ind)
Sydney-Cook Free Trade George Lewis Samuel Whiddon Suleman Amein (Ind)
Daniel Healey (Ind)
Sydney-Denison Free Trade William Henson Matthew Harris Alexander Hutchison (Ind)
Thomas O'Reilly (Ind)
Sydney-Fitzroy Independent John Norton Henry Chapman Patrick Dorahy (Ind Fed)
Daniel Levy (Ind FT)
Percy Tighe (Ind Fed)
Sydney-Flinders National Federal Arthur Nelson John DobbieRobert CropleyErnest Gardner (Ind Fed)
William Gocher (Ind)
Sydney-Gipps Labor Wilfred Spruson George Black Thomas Kohen (Ind Lab)
Sydney-King Free Trade Edmund Barton George Reid Robert Reid (Ind)
Sydney-Lang Labor Joseph Chuck Billy Hughes David Fealy (Ind Fed)
John Strachan (Ind)
Sydney-Phillip National Federal Henry Copeland Robert Hollis Ralph Hodgson (Ind FT)
Sydney-Pyrmont Labor Daniel O'Connor Samuel Smith John Carter (Ind)
Frederick Marshall (Ind FT)
Tamworth Free Trade William Sawers Albert Piddington
Tenterfield Free Trade John Reid Charles Lee
Tumut National Federal Travers Jones Robert Joyce Robert Donaldson* (Ind)
John Keenan (Ind Fed)
Daniel O'Brien (Ind Fed)
Tweed National Federal Joseph Kelly William Baker (Ind FT)
Richard Meagher* (Ind)
Uralla-Walcha Free Trade William Piddington Cornelius Danahey Robert Brown (Ind Fed)
Wagga Wagga National Federal James Gormly John Norman (Ind)
Wallsend Labor William Fletcher David Watkins
Waratah Labor John Gilbert Arthur Griffith
Warringah Free Trade Dugald Thomson Tom Rolin
Waterloo Free Trade William Martin George Anderson Frederick Flowers Henry Maynard (Ind)
Edward Sweeney (Ind)
Waverley Free Trade James Macarthur-Onslow Thomas Jessep William Blunt (Ind Fed)
Wellington Free Trade William Galloway John Haynes
Wentworth National Federal Sir Joseph Abbott Robert Scobie
West Macquarie National Federal Paddy Crick John Hurley Edward Goldsby (Ind Fed)
West Maitland Free Trade Walter Edmunds John Gillies
Wickham Free Trade Eden George John Fegan Frank Butler
Wilcannia Labor Edmond O'Donnell Richard Sleath
Willoughby Free Trade Joseph Cullen George Howarth William Brown (Ind)
Herbert McIntosh (Ind)
John Roberts (Ind)
William Stoddart (Ind)
Woollahra Free Trade William Manning John Garland William Latimer (Ind FT)
Woronora Independent Albion Croft John Nicholson
Yass Free Trade Bernard Grogan William Affleck George Harrison (Ind Fed)
Young Labor Richard O'Connor Chris Watson

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