There were 373 candidates contesting 125 seats at the 1901 New South Wales state election which was held on 3 July 1901.
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.
ElectorateHeld byProgressive candidateLiberal candidateLabour candidateOther candidates Albury Progressive Richard Ball Thomas Griffith (Ind) Alma Labour Jabez Wright William Colliss (Ind)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)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)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) 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) 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) 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) Richard Proctor (Ind)Wickham Progressive John Fegan William Sheddon George Errington Wilcannia Labour John Buzacott Thomas Bell (Ind Lib)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)
See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904 Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election
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