Candidates of the 1901 New South Wales state election explained

There were 373 candidates contesting 125 seats at the 1901 New South Wales state election which was held on 3 July 1901.^{[1] [2]}

Since the previous election in 1898, the Protectionist Party (or National Federal Party) had become the Progressive Party, while the Free Trade Party had become the Liberal Reform Party.

Retiring members

Progressive

• Joseph Abbott MLA (Wentworth)
• John Chanter MLA (Deniliquin) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Austin Chapman MLA (Braidwood) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Francis Clarke MLA (Hastings and Macleay) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• George Cruickshank MLA (Inverell) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Thomas Ewing MLA (Lismore) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Thomas Goodwin MLA (Gunnedah)
• Thomas Hassall MLA (Moree)
• William Sawers MLA (Tamworth) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Dugald Thomson MLA (Warringah) - elected to the federal House of Representatives.

Liberal

• Joseph Cook MLA (Hartley) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Francis Cotton MLA (Newtown-Camperdown)
• Sir Matthew Harris MLA (Sydney-Denison)
• Francis McLean MLA (Marrickville) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• John Neild MLA (Paddington) - elected to the federal Senate
• George Reid MLA (Sydney-King) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Bill Wilks MLA (Balmain North) - elected to the federal House of Representatives

Labor

• Thomas Brown MLA (Condoublin) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Billy Hughes MLA (Sydney-King) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• William Spence MLA (Cobar) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Josiah Thomas MLA (Alma) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• James Thomson MLA (Newcastle West)
• David Watkins MLA (Wallsend) - elected to the federal House of Representatives
• Chris Watson MLA (Young) - elected to the federal House of Representatives

Independent

• John McLaughlin MLA (Raleigh)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Progressive candidate	Liberal candidate	Labour candidate	Other candidates
						Thomas Griffith (Ind)
					William Colliss (Ind)
						William Williams (Ind Lab)
		Reginald Cohen		William Mahony		Richard Kimber (Ind)
			Thomas Rose	Francis Isaac
		Charles Wilson
			Joseph Reymond			Frank Calder (Ind)
				Frederick Winchcombe
			John Perry	Thomas Temperley		Samuel Dutton (Ind) Thomas Russell (Ind)
		Alexander Milne	Gilbert Murdoch			Walter Macdougall (Ind) William Ward (Ind Lib)
			Charles Donnelley		Sydney Law	John Gray (Ind Lib) Robert Morris (Ind) William Pacey (Ind) Percy Tighe (Ind Prog)
			William Willis		William Wright
			William Young	George Machattie		Jacob Innes (Ind)
			Henry Clarke			William Boot (Ind) William Braine (Ind)
				Samuel Moore
					Niels Nielsen	Herbert O'Leary (Ind Prog)
					John Dacey
			William Davis
				William McCourt
						Alexander Fraser (Ind Lib) Frederick Gordon (Ind Lib) Richard Higgins (Ind Lib) Walter Horberry (Ind) Ebenezer Henry (Ind Lib) John Kenny (Ind Prog) Patrick O'Brien (Ind Lib) Bartholomew O'Sullivan (Ind)
					John Cann	Charles Counsell (Ind Lib)
			Alexander Ralston			William Archer (Ind)
			John Kidd	William Blackmore
						Frederick Barker (Ind) Thomas Dalton (Ind) William Gilliver (Ind) Hampton Slatyer (Ind) Thomas Taylor (Ind) Frederick Webster (Ind)
			John McFarlane
						William Nash (Ind) Andrew Stewart (Ind) David Tasker (Ind Lib) William Wilkinson (Ind)
					Hugh Macdonald	John Reddan (Ind Prog)
			Thomas Waddell
			Thomas Clarke			John Neill (Soc)
					Richard Eames (Ind Prog)
						Joseph Evans (Ind Prog)
					Patrick Fagan (Ind Prog) Allen Lakeman (Ind Prog) John Lewis (Ind Lib) Hugh McKinney (Ind)
		Edwin Utley		Simeon Phillips	Linus Bungate
			Walter Bennett
				James Brunker		William McIlroy (Ind Prog)
					Bernard McTernan (Ind Lib)
						William Wood (Ind)
				James Hogue	Peter Strong	Lewis Abrams (Ind) Stanley Cole (Ind) William Tate (Ind)
			Francis Wright			Thomas Chandler (Ind) Follett Thomas (Ind Lib)
			Alfred Lee			Richard Price (Ind)
				James Ashton
			John See			Frederick Wilcox (Ind Lib)
		William Windsor		John Nobbs
					William Holman
			John Barnes	John Miller		James Cook (Ind Lib) Walter Griffin (Ind)
			Thomas Wills-Allen
		Henry Brierley	Harry Goyder			John Hurley (Ind)
					John Tabrett (Ind)
		Percival Basche				Hugh Bridson (Ind) Otho Dangar (Ind) Edward Noonan (Ind)
				William Morgan
						Frank Byrne (Ind)
			Gordon McLaurin
				Archibald Campbell		Henry Collings (Ind Lab)
						James McIlveen (Ind Prog)
					Alfred Edden	John Bailey (Ind Lib)
			Alexander Campbell	John Waugh
			James Carroll
				John Hawthorne	William Niland
		Charles Duffy		Robert Campbell	Richard Balmer (Ind Lib)
						John Coleman (Ind Lib)
					James Frith (Ind Lib) James O'Flynn (Ind Lib) Frank Russell (Ind Lib)
			William Hurley
				James Young
		James Edwards				David Chenhall (Ind Lib) John Hardy (Ind) George Leslie (Ind Lib) George Morehouse (Ind Lib) William Moyes (Ind Lib)
			Andrew Ross
			John Sellar		Gus Miller
		Theophilus Cox		William Millard		James Smith (Ind)
			Edwin Richards
			James Hayes			Alexander McArthur (Ind Lib)
			Thomas Fitzpatrick		Percy Waxman
					John Gately	Job Sheldon (Ind Prog)
				Samuel Lees
				William Dick
		Emmanuel Flynn			Thomas Green
			Thomas Probert	Samuel Heaton	Richard Bellemey (Ind Lib) William Clegg (Ind Lib)
						James Smith (Ind Prog)
					Andrew Thomson (Soc)
			Edmund Molesworth			Leopold Bertram (Ind Lib)
			William Rigg		Walter Arnold (Ind)
						James Fallick (Ind Lib)
					David Hayes (Ind) James Mitchell (Ind Prog)
						John Norton (Ind)
		Patrick Flanagan		Harry Newman		Albert Gardiner (Ind Lib)
		Thomas West				Frederick Harper (Ind) Thomas Meagher (Ind) Robert Usher (Ind)
		William Ferris
				John Cohen		Joseph Cockbaine (Ind Lib) William Richardson (Ind)
			Edward O'Sullivan	Charles Turner		Patrick McNamara (Ind Lib)
			Robert Levien	John Rodgers	Hugh Ross
						Henry Boltwood (Ind) Richard Cooke (Ind) Jeremiah Mannix (Ind) Eugene Rudder (Ind Prog)
		James O'Donnell		David Storey		Thomas Armfield (Ind)
			Peter McNaught		James McGowen	Joseph Butterfield (Ind)
			Robert Pyers	Thomas McFadden		John Harper (Ind Lib)
		Robert Fitzgerald
						Frank Farnell (Ind Lib)
					Edward Terry (Ind) Henry Tucker (Ind Prog)
		Thomas Arkins		John Fitzpatrick
				Joseph Carruthers	William Flinn
				Edward Clark	Peter O'Connell	Thomas Creswell (Ind Lib)
			John Roughley			Broughton O'Conor (Ind)
					Adam Pringle (Ind Lib)
		David Davis
			Charles Dight	Augustus Walker		Thomas Blick (Ind)
				Charles Maley		William Ferguson (Ind Lab)
				Sir James Graham		John Donovan (Ind)
			Patrick Quinn	John Brindley	Daniel Healey	John Campbell (Ind Lib) John Hughes (Ind)
		George Perry		Samuel Whiddon	Philip Mulholland	Henry Cato (Ind) John Griffin (Ind) William Hart (Ind Prog)
			George Harris			James Hynes (Ind) William Watts (Ind Lib)
					Donald McKinnon	Henry Chapman (Ind) Harry Foran (Ind Prog) Callaghan Garvan (Ind) Arthur McElhone (Ind Lib) Denis O'Sullivan (Ind)
			Arthur Nelson	John Waine	Frederick Sommerhoff	Hezekiah Evers (Ind Lib) Ernest Gardner (Ind Prog) James Lawrence (Ind Prog)
						Wilfred Spruson (Ind Prog)
						David Fealy (Ind) Vincent Taylor (Ind Lib) Lindsay Thompson (Ind) Fred Walsh (Ind Lib) Alexander Wilson (Ind)
		Joseph Chuck	Evan Jones			Harry Holland (Soc)
			Daniel O'Connor	John Moloney	George Barnett
					Samuel Smith	John Sergeant (Ind Lib)
		Geoffrey Codrington				Raymond Walsh (Ind)
				Charles Lee
			Robert Donaldson	Charles Royle	James Elphick
			Alexander Eastaughffe			Richard Meagher (Ind)
			Michael MacMahon	Charles Marsh		Frank Townshend (Ind) James Watts (Ind)
			James Gormly			George Coleman (Ind Prog)
						James Moroney (Soc)
					Arthur Griffith	William Sharp (Ind Prog)
			James Conroy		James Alderson (Ind Lib) Thomas Loxton (Ind Lib)
						Ellison Quirk (Ind)
				George Anderson	Ernest Banner	Henry Maynard (Ind) James Morrish (Soc)
				Thomas Jessep		Alfred Allen (Ind Lib) John Carroll (Ind) James Macarthur-Onslow (Ind) David Penfold (Ind)
		John McEwen		John Haynes
						Thomas Boynton (Ind) Alexander Cameron (Ind Lib) Harry Harben (Ind)
			Paddy Crick	Otto Jaeger
						John Gillies (Ind)
					Richard Proctor (Ind)
			John Fegan	William Sheddon	George Errington
				John Buzacott	Thomas Bell (Ind Lib)
						Richard Sleath (Ind Lab)
				George Howarth	George Waite	Claude Leplastrier (Ind Lib)
			John Garland			William Latimer (Ind Lib)
			Thomas Bissell	John Wonders		John Nicholson (Ind Lab)
		Bernard Grogan		William Affleck
			James Rankin			John Lynch (Ind) Thomas Spring (Ind) Alphonso Tewksbury (Ind)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904
• Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election

Notes and References

1. 1901 . Totals . 17 March 2020.
2. 1901 election candidate index . 1901 . Candidates . 17 March 2020.