1898 Narrabri colonial by-election

Election result for Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Narrabri on 3 June 1898 because of the death of Charles Collins (Free Trade).^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
12 April 1898	Charles Collins died.^[1]
2 May 1898	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[2]
13 May 1898	Nominations
3 June 1898	Polling day
10 June 1898	Return of writ

1898 Narrabri by-election
Friday 3 June ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Ross (elected)	382	32.8	-3.0
	Protectionist	George Dale	357	30.7
	Protectionist	Robert Barton	198	17.0
	Free Trade	Gulielmus Williams	141	12.1
	Free Trade	Thomas McGee	86	7.4
Total formal votes			1,164	100.0	+0.3
Informal votes			0	0.0	-0.3
Turnout			1,164	60.4 ^[a]	+4.8
	Labour gain from Free Trade

^ ^a ^b "Mr Charles Collins (1850-1898)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Narrabri". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 373. 2 May 1898. p. 3409. Retrieved 16 April 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Narrabri by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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