1901 New South Wales state election

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1901 New South Wales state election
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All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  JohnSee.jpg CharlesAlfredLee.jpg James McGowen Premier.png
Leader John See Charles Lee James McGowen
Party Progressive Liberal Reform Labor Electoral League
Leader since28 March 1901April 1901August 1894
Leader's seat Grafton Tenterfield Redfern
Last election52 seats45 seats19 seats
Seats won42 seats37 seats24 seats
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg8Increase2.svg5
Percentage22.99%33.55%18.44%
SwingDecrease2.svg20.04Increase2.svg0.66Increase2.svg6.26
1901 New South Wales state election.svg
Results of the election, showing the winning vote share of the elected member.
Premier before election

John See
Progressive

Elected Premier

John See
Progressive

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.

Contents

Federation had seen a re-evaluation of priorities among the main political parties in New South Wales, with the Protectionist Party and the Free Trade Party becoming the Progressive Party and the Liberal Reform Party respectively.

Key dates

DateEvent
11 June 1901The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
22 June 1901Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
3 July 1901Polling day.
23 July 1901Opening of 19th Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 3 July 1901  [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1898–1904 >>

Enrolled voters345,500
Votes cast194,980 Turnout 62.84+2.23
Informal votes1,534Informal0.78−0.14
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Liberal Reform 65,42033.55+0.6637−8
  Progressive 44,81722.99−20.0442−10
  Labour 35,95218.44+6.2624+5
  Independent 21,59511.08+8.0912+8
  Independent Liberal 16,7708.60+6.724+3
  Ind. Progressive 6,5333.35−3.682−2
  Independent Labor 3,5651.83+1.824+4
  Socialist Labor 3280.17+0.170±0
Total194,980  125 
Popular vote
Liberal Reform
 
33.55%
Progressive
 
22.99%
Labor
 
18.44%
Independent
 
11.08%
Ind. Liberal
 
8.60%
Ind. Progressive
 
3.35%
Ind. Labor
 
1.83%
Socialist Labor
 
0.17%
Parliamentary seats
Progressive
 
42
Liberal Reform
 
37
Labor
 
24
Independent
 
12
Ind. Liberal
 
4
Ind. Labor
 
4
Ind. Progressive
 
2

Retiring members

This section is an excerpt from Candidates of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Retiring members.[ edit ]

Progressive

Liberal

Labor

Independent

Changing seats

Seats changing hands  [lower-alpha 2]
Seat18981901
PartyMemberPartyMember
Alma   Labour Josiah Thomas   [lower-alpha 3]   Independent Labour William Williams
Armidale   Progressive Charles Wilson   Liberal Reform Edmund Lonsdale
Balmain North   Liberal Reform Bill Wilks   [lower-alpha 3]   Labour John Storey
Boorowa   Progressive Kenneth Mackay   [lower-alpha 4]   Labour Niels Nielsen
Darlington   Liberal Reform Thomas Clarke   Labour Phillip Sullivan
Deniliquin   Progressive John Chanter   [lower-alpha 3]   Ind. Progressive Joseph Evans
Gunnedah   Progressive Thomas Goodwin   [lower-alpha 5]   Labour David Hall
Hartley   Liberal Reform Joseph Cook   [lower-alpha 3]   Independent John Hurley
The Hastings and The Macleay   Progressive Francis Clarke   [lower-alpha 3]   Liberal Reform Robert Davidson
The Hawkesbury   Liberal Reform William Morgan   Progressive Brinsley Hall
Lismore   Progressive Thomas Ewing   [lower-alpha 3]   Independent Liberal John Coleman
Manning   Liberal Reform James Young   Progressive John Thomson
Moree   Progressive Thomas Hassall   [lower-alpha 5]   Labour William Webster
Narrabri   Labour Hugh Ross   [lower-alpha 6]   Liberal Reform Albert Collins
Nepean   Liberal Reform Samuel Lees   Progressive Thomas Smith
Newcastle West   Labour James Thomson   [lower-alpha 5]   Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert
Newtown-Camperdown   Liberal Reform Francis Cotton   [lower-alpha 5]   Ind. Progressive James Smith
Newtown-Erskine   Liberal Reform Edmund Molesworth   Labour Robert Hollis
Newtown-St Peters   Liberal Reform William Rigg   Independent Liberal James Fallick
Northumberland   Progressive Richard Stevenson   [lower-alpha 7]   Independent Liberal John Norton   [lower-alpha 7]
Parramatta   Ind. Progressive William Ferris   Liberal Reform Tom Moxham
Raleigh   Independent John McLaughlin   [lower-alpha 5]   Progressive George Briner
Robertson   Progressive Robert Fitzgerald   Liberal Reform William Fleming
Ryde   Ind. Progressive Edward Terry   Independent Liberal Frank Farnell
Shoalhaven   Ind. Progressive David Davis   Liberal Reform Mark Morton
Sydney-Belmore   Liberal Reform Sir James Graham   Progressive Eden George
Sydney-Denison   Liberal Reform Sir Matthew Harris   [lower-alpha 5]   Labour Andrew Kelly
Sydney-Gipps   Progressive Wilfred Spruson   Labour William Daley
Sydney-King   Liberal Reform George Reid   [lower-alpha 3]   Progressive Ernest Broughton
Tamworth   Progressive William Sawers   [lower-alpha 3]   Independent Raymond Walsh
Warringah   Progressive Dugald Thomson   [lower-alpha 3]   Independent Ellison Quirk
Wentworth   Progressive Joseph Abbott   [lower-alpha 5]   Labour Robert Scobie
Woollahra   Liberal Reform John Garland   Independent Liberal William Latimer
Members changing party
Seat18981901
PartyMemberPartyMember
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 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 William Ferguson   Independent Labour 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 Richard Sleath   Independent Labour Richard Sleath
Woronora   Liberal Reform John Nicholson   Independent Labour John Nicholson

Notes

  1. ↑ Dugald Thomson had been elected as member of the Progressive party in 1898, then known as the National Federal party, described as a free trade federationist. [2]
  2. ↑ Compares 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Elected to the federal parliament.
  4. ↑ Kenneth Mackay was appointed to the Legislative Council and Niels Nielsen won the seat at the by-election.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Did not contest the election.
  6. ↑ Unsuccessfully contested Quirindi.
  7. 1 2 Richard Stevenson died in 1899 and John Norton won the seat in a by-election, retaining it uncontested at the 1901 election.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "Mr Dugald Thomson". The Australian Star . 16 July 1898. p. 9. Retrieved 1 April 2020– via Trove.


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