| Election Name: | 1895 New South Wales colonial election |
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1894 New South Wales colonial election |
| Previous Year: | 1894 |
| Next Election: | 1898 New South Wales colonial election |
| Next Year: | 1898 |
| Seats For Election: | All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
| Leader2: | George Dibbs |
| Leader Since2: | January 1889 |
| Party2: | Protectionist Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Tamworth (lost seat) |
| Percentage2: | 33.43% |
| Swing2: | 5.74 |
| Last Election2: | 37 seats |
| Seats2: | 42 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Leader1: | George Reid |
| Leader Since1: | September 1891 |
| Party1: | Free Trade Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Sydney-King |
| Percentage1: | 37.15 |
| Swing1: | 6.81 |
| Last Election1: | 50 seats |
| Seats1: | 58 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Leader3: | James McGowen |
| Leader Since3: | August 1894 |
| Party3: | Labor Electoral League |
| Colour3: | DC241F |
| Leaders Seat3: | Redfern |
| Percentage3: | 13.20% |
| Swing3: | 3.29 |
| Last Election3: | 15 seats |
| Seats3: | 18 seats |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | George Reid |
| Before Party: | Free Trade Party |
| After Election: | George Reid |
| After Party: | Free Trade Party |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1895 New South Wales colonial election was held on 24 July 1895 for all of the 125 seats in the 17th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it 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'. males. The 16th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 5 July 1895 by the Governor, Lord Hampden, on the advice of the Premier, George Reid.[1] [2]
| 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. |
See main article: Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election. |}
| Seats changing hands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat | 1894 | 1895 | ||||||
| Party | Member | Party | Member | |||||
| Richard Ball | ||||||||
| Edmund Lonsdale | ||||||||
| Joseph Reymond | ||||||||
| John Dacey | ||||||||
| Charles Bull | ||||||||
| Simeon Phillips | ||||||||
| Thomas Goodwin | ||||||||
| Thomas Smith | ||||||||
| James Thomson | ||||||||
| Henry Wheeler | ||||||||
| John Neild | ||||||||
| John McLaughlin | ||||||||
| John Fitzpatrick | ||||||||
| John McElhone | ||||||||
| Arthur Nelson | ||||||||
| Richard Meagher | ||||||||
| Albert Piddington | ||||||||
| Joseph Kelly | ||||||||
| Members changing party | ||||||||
| Seat | 1894 | 1895 | ||||||
| Party | Member | Party | Member | |||||
| Thomas Brown | ||||||||
| William Schey | ||||||||
| Herbert Brown | ||||||||
| William Wood | ||||||||
| George Greene | ||||||||
| Joseph Cook | ||||||||
| William Morgan | ||||||||
| Alfred Edden | ||||||||
| Alexander Campbell | ||||||||
| James Carroll | ||||||||
| John Hawthorne | ||||||||
| William Hurley | ||||||||
| William Rigg | ||||||||
| Dowell O'Reilly | ||||||||
| Llewellyn Jones | ||||||||
| Robert Pyers | ||||||||
| Philip Morton | ||||||||
| George Black | ||||||||
| William Piddington | ||||||||
| George Anderson | ||||||||
| John Gillies | ||||||||
| Adrian Knox | ||||||||