Candidates of the 1901 New South Wales state election

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.[lower-alpha 1]

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

Albury	Progressive		Richard Ball		Thomas Griffith (Ind)
Alma	Labour			Jabez Wright	William Colliss (Ind)
Alma	Labour			Jabez Wright	William Williams (Ind Lab)
Annandale	Liberal	Reginald Cohen	William Mahony		Richard Kimber (Ind)
Argyle	Progressive	Thomas Rose	Francis Isaac
Armidale	Progressive	Charles Wilson	Edmund Lonsdale
Ashburnham	Progressive	Joseph Reymond	Thomas Bavister		Frank Calder (Ind)
Ashfield	Liberal		Frederick Winchcombe
Ballina	Progressive	John Perry	Thomas Temperley		Samuel Dutton (Ind) Thomas Russell (Ind)
Balmain North	Liberal	Alexander Milne	Gilbert Murdoch	John Storey	Walter Macdougall (Ind) William Ward (Ind Lib)
Balmain South	Labour		Charles Donnelley	Sydney Law	John Gray (Ind Lib) Robert Morris (Ind) William Pacey (Ind) Percy Tighe (Ind Prog)
Barwon	Progressive	William Willis		William Wright
Bathurst	Progressive	William Young	George Machattie		Jacob Innes (Ind)
Bega	Progressive	Henry Clarke			William Boot (Ind) William Braine (Ind)
Bingara	Liberal		Samuel Moore
Boorowa	Labour			Niels Nielsen	Herbert O'Leary (Ind Prog)
Botany	Labour		William Stephen	John Dacey
Bourke	Progressive	William Davis
Bowral	Liberal		William McCourt
Braidwood	Progressive	Albert Chapman			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)
Broken Hill	Labour			John Cann	Charles Counsell (Ind Lib)
Burwood	Independent		Alexander Ralston		William Archer (Ind)
Camden	Progressive	John Kidd	William Blackmore
Canterbury	Independent		Thomas Mackenzie		Frederick Barker (Ind) Thomas Dalton (Ind) William Gilliver (Ind) Hampton Slatyer (Ind) Thomas Taylor (Ind) Frederick Webster (Ind)
Clarence	Progressive	John McFarlane
Cobar	Labour			Donald Macdonell
Condoublin	Labour			Patrick Clara	William Nash (Ind) Andrew Stewart (Ind) David Tasker (Ind Lib) William Wilkinson (Ind)
Coonamble	Labour			Hugh Macdonald	John Reddan (Ind Prog)
Cowra	Progressive	Thomas Waddell
Darlington	Liberal		Thomas Clarke	Phillip Sullivan	John Neill (Soc)
Deniliquin	Progressive				Richard Eames (Ind Prog)
					Joseph Evans (Ind Prog)
					Patrick Fagan (Ind Prog) Allen Lakeman (Ind Prog) John Lewis (Ind Lib) Hugh McKinney (Ind)
Dubbo	Liberal	Edwin Utley	Simeon Phillips	Linus Bungate
Durham	Progressive	Walter Bennett
East Maitland	Liberal		James Brunker		William McIlroy (Ind Prog)
Eden-Bombala	Progressive				Bernard McTernan (Ind Lib)
Eden-Bombala	Progressive				William Wood (Ind)
Glebe	Liberal		James Hogue	Peter Strong	Lewis Abrams (Ind) Stanley Cole (Ind) William Tate (Ind)
Glen Innes	Progressive	Francis Wright			Thomas Chandler (Ind) Follett Thomas (Ind Lib)
Gloucester	Progressive		Alfred Lee		Richard Price (Ind)
Goulburn	Liberal		James Ashton	James Toomey
Grafton	Progressive	John See			Frederick Wilcox (Ind Lib)
Granville	Liberal	William Windsor	John Nobbs
Grenfell	Labour		Arthur Grimm	William Holman
Gundagai	Progressive	John Barnes	John Miller		James Cook (Ind Lib) Walter Griffin (Ind)
Gunnedah	Progressive		Thomas Wills-Allen	David Hall
Hartley	Liberal	Henry Brierley	Harry Goyder	Robert Pillans	John Hurley (Ind)
Hartley	Liberal	Henry Brierley	Harry Goyder	Robert Pillans	John Tabrett (Ind)
Hastings and Macleay	Progressive	Percival Basche	Robert Davidson		Hugh Bridson (Ind) Otho Dangar (Ind) Edward Noonan (Ind)
Hawkesbury	Liberal	Brinsley Hall	William Morgan
Hay	Liberal				Frank Byrne (Ind)
Hume	Progressive	Gordon McLaurin
Illawarra	Liberal		Archibald Campbell		Henry Collings (Ind Lab)
Inverell	Progressive	William McIntyre			James McIlveen (Ind Prog)
Kahibah	Labour			Alfred Edden	John Bailey (Ind Lib)
Kiama	Progressive	Alexander Campbell	John Waugh
Lachlan	Progressive	James Carroll
Leichhardt	Liberal		John Hawthorne	William Niland
Lismore	Progressive	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)
Macquarie	Progressive	William Hurley	John Miller
Manning	Liberal	John Thomson	James Young
Marrickville	Liberal	James Edwards	Richard McCoy		David Chenhall (Ind Lib) John Hardy (Ind) George Leslie (Ind Lib) George Morehouse (Ind Lib) William Moyes (Ind Lib)
Molong	Progressive	Andrew Ross	John Withington
Monaro	Progressive		John Sellar	Gus Miller
Moree	Progressive	John Crane		William Webster
Moruya	Liberal	Theophilus Cox	William Millard		James Smith (Ind)
Mudgee	Progressive	Edwin Richards	Robert Jones
Murray	Progressive	James Hayes			Alexander McArthur (Ind Lib)
Murrumbidgee	Progressive	Thomas Fitzpatrick		Percy Waxman
Narrabri	Labour		Albert Collins	John Gately	Job Sheldon (Ind Prog)
Nepean	Liberal	Thomas Smith	Samuel Lees
Newcastle East	Liberal		William Dick	James Curley
Newcastle West	Labour	Emmanuel Flynn	Owen Gilbert	Thomas Green
Newtown-Camperdown	Liberal		Thomas Probert	Samuel Heaton	Richard Bellemey (Ind Lib) William Clegg (Ind Lib)
					James Smith (Ind Prog)
					Andrew Thomson (Soc)
Newtown-Erskine	Liberal		Edmund Molesworth	Robert Hollis	Leopold Bertram (Ind Lib)
Newtown-St Peters	Liberal		William Rigg	George Clark	Walter Arnold (Ind)
					James Fallick (Ind Lib)
					David Hayes (Ind) James Mitchell (Ind Prog)
Northumberland	Independent				John Norton (Ind)
Orange	Liberal	Patrick Flanagan	Harry Newman		Albert Gardiner (Ind Lib)
Paddington	Liberal	Thomas West	Charles Oakes		Frederick Harper (Ind) Thomas Meagher (Ind) Robert Usher (Ind)
Parramatta	Progressive	William Ferris	Tom Moxham
Petersham	Progressive		John Cohen		Joseph Cockbaine (Ind Lib) William Richardson (Ind)
Queanbeyan	Progressive	Edward O'Sullivan	Charles Turner		Patrick McNamara (Ind Lib)
Quirindi	Independent	Robert Levien	John Rodgers	Hugh Ross
Raleigh	Independent	George Briner			Henry Boltwood (Ind) Richard Cooke (Ind) Jeremiah Mannix (Ind) Eugene Rudder (Ind Prog)
Randwick	Liberal	James O'Donnell	David Storey		Thomas Armfield (Ind)
Redfern	Labour		Peter McNaught	James McGowen	Joseph Butterfield (Ind)
Richmond	Progressive	Robert Pyers	Thomas McFadden		John Harper (Ind Lib)
Robertson	Progressive	Robert Fitzgerald	William Fleming
Ryde	Independent		Thomas Henley		Frank Farnell (Ind Lib)
Ryde	Independent		Thomas Henley		Edward Terry (Ind) Henry Tucker (Ind Prog)
Rylstone	Liberal	Thomas Arkins	John Fitzpatrick
St George	Liberal		Joseph Carruthers	William Flinn
St Leonards	Liberal		Edward Clark	Peter O'Connell	Thomas Creswell (Ind Lib)
Sherbrooke	Progressive		John Roughley		Broughton O'Conor (Ind)
Sherbrooke	Progressive		John Roughley		Adam Pringle (Ind Lib)
Shoalhaven	Independent	David Davis	Mark Morton
Singleton	Progressive	Charles Dight	Augustus Walker		Thomas Blick (Ind)
Sturt	Labour			Charles Maley	William Ferguson (Ind Lab)
Sydney-Belmore	Liberal	Eden George	Sir James Graham	William Gocher	John Donovan (Ind)
Sydney-Bligh	Progressive	Patrick Quinn	John Brindley	Daniel Healey	John Campbell (Ind Lib) John Hughes (Ind)
Sydney-Cook	Liberal	George Perry	Samuel Whiddon	Philip Mulholland	Henry Cato (Ind) John Griffin (Ind) William Hart (Ind Prog)
Sydney-Denison	Liberal		George Harris	Andrew Kelly	James Hynes (Ind) William Watts (Ind Lib)
Sydney-Fitzroy	Liberal		Daniel Levy	Donald McKinnon	Henry Chapman (Ind) Harry Foran (Ind Prog) Callaghan Garvan (Ind) Arthur McElhone (Ind Lib) Denis O'Sullivan (Ind)
Sydney-Flinders	Progressive	Arthur Nelson	John Waine	Frederick Sommerhoff	Hezekiah Evers (Ind Lib) Ernest Gardner (Ind Prog) James Lawrence (Ind Prog)
Sydney-Gipps	Progressive		Elliot Johnson	William Daley	Wilfred Spruson (Ind Prog)
Sydney-King	Liberal	Ernest Broughton	Thomas Hughes		David Fealy (Ind) Vincent Taylor (Ind Lib) Lindsay Thompson (Ind) Fred Walsh (Ind Lib) Alexander Wilson (Ind)
Sydney-Lang	Labour	Joseph Chuck	Evan Jones	John Power	Harry Holland (Soc)
Sydney-Phillip	Progressive	Daniel O'Connor	John Moloney	George Barnett
Sydney-Pyrmont	Labour			Samuel Smith	John Sergeant (Ind Lib)
Tamworth	Progressive	Geoffrey Codrington	Albert Piddington		Raymond Walsh (Ind)
Tenterfield	Liberal		Charles Lee
Tumut	Independent	Robert Donaldson	Charles Royle	James Elphick
Tweed	Independent		Alexander Eastaughffe		Richard Meagher (Ind)
Uralla-Walcha	Progressive	Michael MacMahon	Charles Marsh		Frank Townshend (Ind) James Watts (Ind)
Wagga Wagga	Progressive	James Gormly			George Coleman (Ind Prog)
Wallsend	Labour			John Estell	James Moroney (Soc)
Waratah	Labour			Arthur Griffith	William Sharp (Ind Prog)
Warringah	Progressive		James Conroy		James Alderson (Ind Lib) Thomas Loxton (Ind Lib)
Warringah	Progressive		James Conroy		Ellison Quirk (Ind)
Waterloo	Liberal		George Anderson	Ernest Banner	Henry Maynard (Ind) James Morrish (Soc)
Waverley	Liberal		Thomas Jessep		Alfred Allen (Ind Lib) John Carroll (Ind) James Macarthur-Onslow (Ind) David Penfold (Ind)
Wellington	Liberal	John McEwen	John Haynes
Wentworth	Progressive			Robert Scobie	Thomas Boynton (Ind) Alexander Cameron (Ind Lib) Harry Harben (Ind)
West Macquarie	Progressive	Paddy Crick	Otto Jaeger
West Maitland	Liberal				John Gillies (Ind)
West Maitland	Liberal				Richard Proctor (Ind)
Wickham	Progressive	John Fegan	William Sheddon	George Errington
Wilcannia	Labour			John Buzacott	Thomas Bell (Ind Lib)
Wilcannia	Labour			John Buzacott	Richard Sleath (Ind Lab)
Willoughby	Liberal		George Howarth	George Waite	Claude Leplastrier (Ind Lib)
Woollahra	Liberal		John Garland		William Latimer (Ind Lib)
Woronora	Liberal		Thomas Bissell	John Wonders	John Nicholson (Ind Lab)
Yass	Liberal	Bernard Grogan	William Affleck
Young	Labour		James Rankin	George Burgess	John Lynch (Ind) Thomas Spring (Ind) Alphonso Tewksbury (Ind)

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Notes

Dugald Thomson had been elected as member of the Progressive party in 1898, then known as the National Federal party, described as a free trade federationist.[3]

References

Green, Antony. "1901 Totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
Green, Antony. "1901 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
"Mr Dugald Thomson". The Australian Star. 16 July 1898. p. 9. Retrieved 1 April 2020 – via Trove.

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[Thomson-4] Dugald Thomson had been elected as member of the Progressive party in 1898, then known as the National Federal party, described as a free trade federationist.[3]

[Green_1901_totals-1] Green, Antony. "1901 Totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[Green_1901_Candidates-2] Green, Antony. "1901 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[3] "Mr Dugald Thomson". The Australian Star. 16 July 1898. p. 9. Retrieved 1 April 2020 – via Trove.