| Election Name: | 1901 New South Wales state election |
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1898 New South Wales colonial election |
| Previous Year: | 1898 |
| Next Election: | 1904 New South Wales state election |
| Next Year: | 1904 |
| Seats For Election: | All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
| Leader1: | John See |
| Leader Since1: | 28 March 1901 |
| Party1: | Progressive Party (1901) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Grafton |
| Percentage1: | 22.99% |
| Swing1: | 20.04 |
| Last Election1: | 52 seats |
| Seats1: | 42 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Leader2: | Charles Lee |
| Leader Since2: | April 1901 |
| Party2: | Liberal Reform Party (Australia) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Tenterfield |
| Percentage2: | 33.55% |
| Swing2: | 0.66 |
| Last Election2: | 45 seats |
| Seats2: | 37 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Leader3: | James McGowen |
| Leader Since3: | August 1894 |
| Party3: | Labor Electoral League |
| Colour3: | DC241F |
| Leaders Seat3: | Redfern |
| Percentage3: | 18.44% |
| Swing3: | 6.26 |
| Last Election3: | 19 seats |
| Seats3: | 24 seats |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | John See |
| Before Party: | Progressive Party (1901) |
| After Election: | John See |
| After Party: | Progressive Party (1901) |
| Map Size: | 300px |
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.
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.
| 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. |
See main article: Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election. |}
| Seats changing hands | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat | 1898 | 1901 | |||||||
| Party | Member | Party | Member | ||||||
| William Williams | |||||||||
| Edmund Lonsdale | |||||||||
| John Storey | |||||||||
| Niels Nielsen | |||||||||
| Phillip Sullivan | |||||||||
| Joseph Evans | |||||||||
| David Hall | |||||||||
| John Hurley | |||||||||
| Robert Davidson | |||||||||
| Brinsley Hall | |||||||||
| John Coleman | |||||||||
| John Thomson | |||||||||
| William Webster | |||||||||
| Albert Collins | |||||||||
| Thomas Smith | |||||||||
| Owen Gilbert | |||||||||
| James Smith | |||||||||
| Robert Hollis | |||||||||
| James Fallick | |||||||||
| John Norton | |||||||||
| Tom Moxham | |||||||||
| George Briner | |||||||||
| William Fleming | |||||||||
| Frank Farnell | |||||||||
| Mark Morton | |||||||||
| Eden George | |||||||||
| Andrew Kelly | |||||||||
| William Daley | |||||||||
| Ernest Broughton | |||||||||
| Raymond Walsh | |||||||||
| Ellison Quirk | |||||||||
| Robert Scobie | |||||||||
| William Latimer | |||||||||
| Members changing party | |||||||||
| Seat | 1898 | 1901 | |||||||
| Party | Member | Party | Member | ||||||
| Thomas Griffith | |||||||||
| William Wood | |||||||||
| Richard Price | |||||||||
| Frank Byrne | |||||||||
| Gus Miller | |||||||||
| John Cohen | |||||||||
| Robert Levien | |||||||||
| Broughton O'Conor | |||||||||
| William Ferguson | |||||||||
| Robert Donaldson | |||||||||
| John Gillies | |||||||||
| John Fegan | |||||||||
| Richard Sleath | |||||||||
| John Nicholson | |||||||||