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.
ElectorateHeld byNational Federal candidateFree Trade candidateLabor candidateOther candidates Albury Free Trade Thomas Griffith Richard Ball Alma Labor William Harding Josiah Thomas Charles Counsell (Ind)Annandale Free Trade Reginald Cohen William Mahony Argyle National Federal Thomas Rose Francis Isaac Armidale Free Trade Charles Wilson Edmund Lonsdale Ashburnham National Federal Joseph Reymond Albert Gardiner Ashfield Free Trade Bernhard Wise Thomas Bavister Ballina National Federal John Perry Thomas Temperley (Ind Fed)Balmain North Free Trade Leonard Green Bill Wilks Alexander Milne (Ind Fed)Balmain South Labor William Traill Sydney Law Gilbert Murdoch (Ind Fed) Charles Taylor (Ind)Barwon National Federal William Willis Donald Macdonell Bathurst Free Trade Francis Suttor Sydney Smith Bega National Federal Henry Clarke William Boot (Ind Fed) William Braine (Ind Fed)Bingara Free Trade William McIntyre Samuel Moore Boorowa National Federal Kenneth Mackay James Toomey Botany Labor Charles Swinbourne John Dacey James Macfadyen (Ind Fed) William Stephen (Ind FT) William Wall (Ind Fed)Bourke Free Trade William Davis Edward Millen Bowral Free Trade F. N. Yarwood William McCourt Braidwood National Federal Austin Chapman Charles Beale Broken Hill Labor Alexander Hendry John Cann Burwood Free Trade William McMillan William Archer* (Ind FT) James Eve (Ind FT)Camden Free Trade John Kidd Charles Bull Henry Willis (Ind)Canterbury Free Trade Thomas Bavin Varney Parkes George Rundle (Ind Fed)Clarence National Federal John McFarlane Cobar National Federal Michael O'Halloran William Spence Richard Machattie (Ind Fed) Samuel Wood (Ind)Condoublin Labor Andrew Stewart Thomas Brown Coonamble Labor William Alison Hugh Macdonald Cowra National Federal Thomas Waddell Hector Lamond Darlington National Federal William Schey Thomas Clarke William Hall (Ind FT) James Jones (Ind) Michael Keating (Ind Fed)Deniliquin National Federal John Chanter George Berryman (Ind)Dubbo Free Trade James Morgan Simeon Phillips Durham National Federal Herbert Brown Walter Bennett (Ind Fed)East Maitland Free Trade Samuel Clift James Brunker Eden-Bombala National Federal William Wood Henry Dawson (Ind Fed) Samuel Woods (Ind Fed)Glebe Free Trade Bruce Smith James Hogue Glen Innes National Federal Francis Wright Thomas Chandler (Ind) John Wetherspoon (Ind)Gloucester National Federal Richard Price Frederick Hooke Goulburn Free Trade Arthur Barrett James Ashton Grafton National Federal John See Frederick McGuren (Ind Fed)Granville Labor William Windsor John Nobbs Charles Dyer Grenfell Free Trade Andrew Kelly William Holman Gundagai National Federal John Barnes William Matchett John Miller (Ind Fed) Waldo Sibthorpe (Ind Fed)Gunnedah National Federal Thomas Goodwin John Kirkpatrick William Case (Ind Fed)Hartley Free Trade John Tabrett Joseph Cook Hastings and Macleay National Federal Francis Clarke Hawkesbury Free Trade John Paine William Morgan William Dean (Ind Fed) Brinsley Hall (Ind Fed)Hay Free Trade James Newton Frank Byrne Allen Lakeman (Ind Fed)Hume National Federal William Lyne William Wiesner Illawarra Free Trade Thomas Kennedy Archibald Campbell Inverell National Federal George Cruickshank Thomas Jones (Ind)Kahibah Labor Oswald Steel Alfred Edden William Richardson (Ind Fed) William Williams (Ind)Kiama National Federal Alexander Campbell George Fuller Lachlan National Federal James Carroll C. N. Broome (Ind FT) Alexander Cameron (Ind Fed)Leichhardt Free Trade Richard Colonna-Close John Hawthorne George Clark Lismore National Federal Thomas Ewing James Walker (Ind Fed)Macquarie National Federal William Hurley Robert Thompson Allen Carmichael (Ind FT) Frank Foster (Ind) William Paul (Ind FT) David Todd (Ind)Manning Free Trade David Cowan James Young Marrickville Free Trade David Chenhall Francis McLean William Clarke (Ind Fed) Elliot Johnson (Ind FT) William Webster (Ind)Molong National Federal Andrew Ross Harrington McCulloch William Shield (Ind Fed)Monaro National Federal Gus Miller Hugh MacDonnell Ind) Granville Ryrie (Ind FT)Moree National Federal Thomas Hassall Henry Joseph Moruya Free Trade Albert Chapman William Millard John Brogan (Ind)Mudgee Free Trade Edwin Richards Robert Jones Murray National Federal James Hayes Murrumbidgee National Federal Thomas Fitzpatrick Arthur Rae Narrabri Labor George Dale Hugh Ross William Borthwick (Ind Fed)Nepean National Federal Thomas Smith Samuel Lees Alfred Reid (Ind FT)Newcastle East Free Trade Jefferson Hester William Dick Robert Huntly (Ind)Newcastle West Labor James Ellis James Thomson Newtown-Camperdown Free Trade James Abigail Francis Cotton Edward Riley Mikael Dunn (Ind) Thomas Evans (Ind Fed) James Smith (Ind Fed) George Spark (Ind Fed)Newtown-Erskine Free Trade Harold Morgan Edmund Molesworth Newtown-St Peters Free Trade George Edwards William Rigg Ernest Dent (Ind Fed) James Mitchell (Ind Fed) William Sherley (Ind) Hugh St George (Ind Fed)Northumberland Free Trade Richard Stevenson Henry Wheeler Orange Free Trade James Dalton Harry Newman Paddington Free Trade Thomas West John Neild Arthur Fletcher (Ind FT)Parramatta Free Trade Edwin Brown Dowell O'Reilly William Ferris* (Ind Fed) Joseph Withers (Ind Fed)Petersham Free Trade John Cohen Llewellyn Jones Percy Hordern (Ind FT)Queanbeyan National Federal Edward O'Sullivan Alfred Allen John Harper (Ind) Percy Hodgkinson (Ind)Quirindi National Federal William Clapin John Perry Robert Levien (Ind)Raleigh Independent Patrick Hogan John McLaughlin (Ind)Randwick Free Trade George Raffan David Storey Redfern Labor William Cameron James McGowen Joseph Butterfield (Ind Fed) William Hunter (Ind)Richmond National Federal Robert Pyers John Willard (Ind FT)Robertson National Federal Robert Fitzgerald Thomas Houghton Ryde Free Trade Frank Farnell Edward Foxall (Ind FT) Edward Terry* (Ind Fed)Rylstone Free Trade Jack FitzGerald John Fitzpatrick St George Free Trade George Waddell Joseph Carruthers Francis Brown (Ind)St Leonards Free Trade Fountain Winter Edward Clark Andrew Eaton (Ind Fed) Robert Moodie (Ind Fed)Sherbrooke Free Trade Broughton O'Conor Jacob Garrard James Purser (Ind)Shoalhaven Independent Philip Morton David Davis (Ind Fed)Singleton Free Trade Charles Dight Albert Gould Sturt Labor Thomas Walker William Ferguson Alexander Hendry (Ind)Sydney-Belmore Free Trade Henry Hoyle James Graham Joseph Carlos (Ind Fed) Harry Foran (Ind)Sydney-Bligh Free Trade Patrick Quinn James Harvey William McNamara (Ind)Sydney-Cook Free Trade George Lewis Samuel Whiddon Suleman Amein (Ind) Daniel Healey (Ind)Sydney-Denison Free Trade William Henson Matthew Harris Alexander Hutchison (Ind) Thomas O'Reilly (Ind)Sydney-Fitzroy Independent John Norton Henry Chapman Patrick Dorahy (Ind Fed) Daniel Levy (Ind FT) Percy Tighe (Ind Fed)Sydney-Flinders National Federal Arthur Nelson John Dobbie Robert Cropley Ernest Gardner (Ind Fed) William Gocher (Ind)Sydney-Gipps Labor Wilfred Spruson George Black Thomas Kohen (Ind Lab)Sydney-King Free Trade Edmund Barton George Reid Robert Reid (Ind)Sydney-Lang Labor Joseph Chuck Billy Hughes David Fealy (Ind Fed) John Strachan (Ind)Sydney-Phillip National Federal Henry Copeland Robert Hollis Ralph Hodgson (Ind FT)Sydney-Pyrmont Labor Daniel O'Connor Samuel Smith John Carter (Ind) Frederick Marshall (Ind FT)Tamworth Free Trade William Sawers Albert Piddington Tenterfield Free Trade John Reid Charles Lee Tumut National Federal Travers Jones Robert Joyce Robert Donaldson* (Ind) John Keenan (Ind Fed) Daniel O'Brien (Ind Fed)Tweed National Federal Joseph Kelly William Baker (Ind FT) Richard Meagher* (Ind)Uralla-Walcha Free Trade William Piddington Cornelius Danahey Robert Brown (Ind Fed)Wagga Wagga National Federal James Gormly John Norman (Ind)Wallsend Labor William Fletcher David Watkins Waratah Labor John Gilbert Arthur Griffith Warringah Free Trade Dugald Thomson Tom Rolin Waterloo Free Trade William Martin George Anderson Frederick Flowers Henry Maynard (Ind) Edward Sweeney (Ind)Waverley Free Trade James Macarthur-Onslow Thomas Jessep William Blunt (Ind Fed)Wellington Free Trade William Galloway John Haynes Wentworth National Federal Sir Joseph Abbott Robert Scobie West Macquarie National Federal Paddy Crick John Hurley Edward Goldsby (Ind Fed)West Maitland Free Trade Walter Edmunds John Gillies Wickham Free Trade Eden George John Fegan Frank Butler Wilcannia Labor Edmond O'Donnell Richard Sleath Willoughby Free Trade Joseph Cullen George Howarth William Brown (Ind) Herbert McIntosh (Ind) John Roberts (Ind) William Stoddart (Ind)Woollahra Free Trade William Manning John Garland William Latimer (Ind FT)Woronora Independent Albion Croft John Nicholson Yass Free Trade Bernard Grogan William Affleck George Harrison (Ind Fed)Young Labor Richard O'Connor Chris Watson
See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1898–1901
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