Candidates of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election explained

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

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

Retiring members

National Federal

• Michael Phillips MLA (Cowra)

Free Trade

• George Greene MLA (Grenfell)
• Leslie Hollis MLA (Goulburn)
• Adrian Knox MLA (Woollahra)

Labor

• Thomas Davis MLA (Sydney-Pyrmont)
• George Smailes MLA (Granville)

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.

Electorate	Held by	National Federal candidate	Free Trade candidate	Labor candidate	Other candidates
				Richard Ball
		William Harding			Josiah Thomas	Charles Counsell (Ind)
		Reginald Cohen		William Mahony
			Thomas Rose	Francis Isaac
				Edmund Lonsdale
			Joseph Reymond
				Thomas Bavister
			John Perry			Thomas Temperley (Ind Fed)
		Leonard Green		Bill Wilks		Alexander Milne (Ind Fed)
					Sydney Law	Gilbert Murdoch (Ind Fed) Charles Taylor (Ind)
			William Willis
				Sydney Smith
			Henry Clarke			William Boot (Ind Fed) William Braine (Ind Fed)
				Samuel Moore
			Kenneth Mackay
		Charles Swinbourne			John Dacey	James Macfadyen (Ind Fed) William Stephen (Ind FT) William Wall (Ind Fed)
				Edward Millen
		F. N. Yarwood		William McCourt
			Austin Chapman	Charles Beale
		Alexander Hendry			John Cann
		William McMillan				William Archer (Ind FT) James Eve (Ind FT)
				Charles Bull		Henry Willis (Ind)
				Varney Parkes		George Rundle (Ind Fed)
			John McFarlane
		Michael O'Halloran				Richard Machattie (Ind Fed) Samuel Wood (Ind)
		Andrew Stewart			Thomas Brown
					Hugh Macdonald
			Thomas Waddell
		William Schey				William Hall (Ind FT) James Jones (Ind) Michael Keating (Ind Fed)
			John Chanter			George Berryman (Ind)
				Simeon Phillips
		Herbert Brown				Walter Bennett (Ind Fed)
		Samuel Clift		James Brunker
			William Wood			Henry Dawson (Ind Fed) Samuel Woods (Ind Fed)
				James Hogue
			Francis Wright			Thomas Chandler (Ind) John Wetherspoon (Ind)
			Richard Price	Frederick Hooke
		Arthur Barrett		James Ashton
			John See			Frederick McGuren (Ind Fed)
		William Windsor			Charles Dyer
			John Barnes		William Matchett	John Miller (Ind Fed) Waldo Sibthorpe (Ind Fed)
			Thomas Goodwin			William Case (Ind Fed)
		John Tabrett		Joseph Cook
			Francis Clarke
		John Paine		William Morgan		William Dean (Ind Fed) Brinsley Hall (Ind Fed)
						Allen Lakeman (Ind Fed)
			William Lyne	William Wiesner
		Thomas Kennedy		Archibald Campbell
			George Cruickshank			Thomas Jones (Ind)
		Oswald Steel			Alfred Edden	William Richardson (Ind Fed) William Williams (Ind)
			Alexander Campbell
			James Carroll			C. N. Broome (Ind FT) Alexander Cameron (Ind Fed)
				John Hawthorne
			Thomas Ewing			James Walker (Ind Fed)
			William Hurley	Robert Thompson		Allen Carmichael (Ind FT) Frank Foster (Ind) William Paul (Ind FT) David Todd (Ind)
		David Cowan		James Young
		David Chenhall		Francis McLean		William Clarke (Ind Fed) Elliot Johnson (Ind FT) William Webster (Ind)
			Andrew Ross	Harrington McCulloch		William Shield (Ind Fed)
			Gus Miller			Hugh MacDonnell Ind) Granville Ryrie (Ind FT)
			Thomas Hassall	Henry Joseph
				William Millard		John Brogan (Ind)
				Robert Jones
			James Hayes
			Thomas Fitzpatrick
		George Dale			Hugh Ross	William Borthwick (Ind Fed)
		Thomas Smith				Alfred Reid (Ind FT)
		Jefferson Hester		William Dick		Robert Huntly (Ind)
					James Thomson
		James Abigail		Francis Cotton		Mikael Dunn (Ind) Thomas Evans (Ind Fed) James Smith (Ind Fed) George Spark (Ind Fed)
		Harold Morgan		Edmund Molesworth
				William Rigg		Ernest Dent (Ind Fed) James Mitchell (Ind Fed) William Sherley (Ind) Hugh St George (Ind Fed)
				Henry Wheeler
				Harry Newman
		Thomas West		John Neild		Arthur Fletcher (Ind FT)
		Edwin Brown	Dowell O'Reilly			William Ferris (Ind Fed) Joseph Withers (Ind Fed)
				Llewellyn Jones		Percy Hordern (Ind FT)
			Edward O'Sullivan			John Harper (Ind) Percy Hodgkinson (Ind)
		William Clapin				Robert Levien (Ind)
						John McLaughlin (Ind)
		George Raffan		David Storey
		William Cameron			James McGowen	Joseph Butterfield (Ind Fed) William Hunter (Ind)
			Robert Pyers			John Willard (Ind FT)
			Robert Fitzgerald
			Frank Farnell			Edward Foxall (Ind FT) Edward Terry* (Ind Fed)
				John Fitzpatrick
		George Waddell		Joseph Carruthers		Francis Brown (Ind)
		Fountain Winter		Edward Clark		Andrew Eaton (Ind Fed) Robert Moodie (Ind Fed)
				Jacob Garrard		James Purser (Ind)
		Philip Morton				David Davis (Ind Fed)
				Albert Gould
					William Ferguson	Alexander Hendry (Ind)
				James Graham		Joseph Carlos (Ind Fed) Harry Foran (Ind)
				James Harvey		William McNamara (Ind)
		George Lewis		Samuel Whiddon		Suleman Amein (Ind) Daniel Healey (Ind)
		William Henson		Matthew Harris		Alexander Hutchison (Ind) Thomas O'Reilly (Ind)
		John Norton				Patrick Dorahy (Ind Fed) Daniel Levy (Ind FT) Percy Tighe (Ind Fed)
			Arthur Nelson	John Dobbie	Robert Cropley	Ernest Gardner (Ind Fed) William Gocher (Ind)
					George Black	Thomas Kohen (Ind Lab)
				George Reid		Robert Reid (Ind)
		Joseph Chuck			Billy Hughes	David Fealy (Ind Fed) John Strachan (Ind)
			Henry Copeland			Ralph Hodgson (Ind FT)
						John Carter (Ind) Frederick Marshall (Ind FT)
				Albert Piddington
		John Reid		Charles Lee
		Travers Jones		Robert Joyce		Robert Donaldson (Ind) John Keenan (Ind Fed) Daniel O'Brien (Ind Fed)
		Joseph Kelly				William Baker (Ind FT) Richard Meagher* (Ind)
			William Piddington			Robert Brown (Ind Fed)
			James Gormly			John Norman (Ind)
		William Fletcher			David Watkins
		John Gilbert			Arthur Griffith
			Dugald Thomson	Tom Rolin
		William Martin		George Anderson		Henry Maynard (Ind) Edward Sweeney (Ind)
				Thomas Jessep		William Blunt (Ind Fed)
		William Galloway		John Haynes
			Sir Joseph Abbott
			Paddy Crick			Edward Goldsby (Ind Fed)
				John Gillies
				John Fegan	Frank Butler
		Edmond O'Donnell			Richard Sleath
				George Howarth		William Brown (Ind) Herbert McIntosh (Ind) John Roberts (Ind) William Stoddart (Ind)
						William Latimer (Ind FT)
		Albion Croft		John Nicholson
		Bernard Grogan		William Affleck		George Harrison (Ind Fed)
					Chris Watson

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1898–1901

References

• Web site: Antony Green . Green . Antony . 1898 election candidate index . . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.