Electoral results for the district of Narrabri

Election results for Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Narrabri, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.

Election		Party
1894	Charles Collins	Free Trade
1895	Charles Collins	Free Trade
1898 by	Hugh Ross	Labour
1898	Hugh Ross	Labour
1901	Albert Collins	Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Narrabri.

1901 New South Wales state election: Narrabri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Albert Collins	738	51.2
	Labour	John Gately	520	36.1	−4.6
	Ind. Progressive	Job Sheldon	184	12.8
Total formal votes			1,442	99.7	+1.4
Informal votes			5	0.4	−1.4
Turnout			1,447	60.2	+1.6
	Liberal Reform gain from Labour

The sitting member was Hugh Ross (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Quirindi.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Narrabri.

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Narrabri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh Ross	608	40.7
	National Federal	George Dale	522	34.9
	Independent Federalist	William Borthwick	365	24.4
Total formal votes			1,495	98.3
Informal votes			26	1.7
Turnout			1,521	58.6
	Labour gain from Free Trade

The sitting member Charles Collins (Free Trade) died in 1898 and Hugh Ross (Labour) had won the seat in a by-election.

1898 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1898 Narrabri colonial by-election § Result.

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

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Narrabri.

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Narrabri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Charles Collins	428	40.1
	Labour	Hugh Ross	382	35.8
	Protectionist	Job Sheldon	258	24.2
Total formal votes			1,068	99.7
Informal votes			3	0.3
Turnout			1,071	55.6
	Free Trade hold

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Narrabri.

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Narrabri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Charles Collins	672	48.7
	Labour	Hugh Ross	561	40.7
	Ind. Free Trade	Sydney Powell	130	9.4
	Independent	George Gregory	17	1.2
Total formal votes			1,380	98.2
Informal votes			26	1.9
Turnout			1,406	74.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Notes

^ At the 1895 election, the only Protectionist candidate − Job Sheldon − received 24.2% of the vote, meaning the combined Protectionist vote at the 1898 by-election (47.7%) was an increase of 23.5%. If compared to Sheldon's candidacy, George Dale had a positive swing of 6.5%, while Robert Barton had a negative swing of 7.2%.
^ At the 1895 election, the only Free Trade candidate − Charles Collins − received 40.1% of the vote, meaning the combined Free Trade vote at the 1898 by-election (19.5%) was a decrease of 20.6%. If compared to Sheldon's candidacy, Gulielmus Williams had a negative swing of 28%, while Thomas McGee had a negative swing of 32.7%.
Estimate based on a roll of 1,926 at the 1895 election.

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
"Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1901 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
Green, Antony. "1898 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "Narrabri - By-election 1898". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
Green, Antony. "Narrabri - 1895". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
Green, Antony. "1895 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1894 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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