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1901

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 18th parliament of New South Wales from 1898 to 1901. They were elected at the 1898 colonial election on 27 July 1898. The Speaker was Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott until 12 June 1900 and then Hon William McCourt.

Name Party  Electorate Term in office
Joseph Palmer Abbott National Federal Party (NF) Wentworth 1880–1901
William Affleck Free Trade (FT) Yass 1894–1904
George Anderson FT Waterloo 1894–1904
William Archer Independent Free Trade Burwood 1898–1904
James Ashton FT Goulburn 1894–1907
John Barnes NF Gundagai 1889–1904
Edmund Barton 1, 5 NF Hastings and Macleay 1879–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Walter Bennett Independent Federalist Durham 1898–1907, 1917–1934
Thomas Brown Labor Condobolin 1894–1901, 1913–1917
James Brunker FT East Maitland 1880–1904
Frank Byrne FT Hay 1898–1904
Alexander Campbell NF Kiama 1894–1904
Archibald Campbell FT Illawarra 1891–1903
John Cann Labor Broken Hill 1891–1916
James Carroll NF Lachlan 1894–1904
Joseph Carruthers FT St George 1887–1908
John Chanter NF Deniliquin 1885–1901
Austin Chapman NF Braidwood 1891–1901
Henry Chapman FT Sydney-Fitzroy 1894–1895, 1898–1901
Edward Clark FT St Leonards 1891–1904, 1907–1910
Francis Clarke 1, 5 NF Hastings and Macleay 1893–1898, 1900–1901
Henry Clarke NF Bega 1869–1894, 1895–1904
Thomas Clarke FT Darlington 1898–1901
John Cohen NF Petersham 1898–1919
Joseph Cook FT Hartley 1891–1901
Henry Copeland 6 NF Sydney-Phillip 1877–1883, 1883–1895, 1895–1900
Francis Cotton FT Newtown-Camperdown 1891–1901
Paddy Crick NF West Macquarie 1889–1906
George Cruickshank NF Inverell 1889–1901
John Dacey Labor Botany 1895–1912
David Davis Independent Federalist Shoalhaven 1898–1901
William Davis 11 NF Bourke 1889–1891, 1898–1904
William Dick FT Newcastle East 1894–1907
Charles Dight NF Singleton 1898–1904
Robert Donaldson Independent Tumut 1898–1913
Alfred Edden Labor Kahibah 1891–1920
Thomas Ewing NF Lismore 1885–1901
John Fegan FT/Protectionist † Wickham 1891–1907, 1920–1922
William Ferguson Labor Sturt 1894–1904
William Ferris 2 Independent Federalist Parramatta 1898–1901
Robert Fitzgerald NF Robertson 1885–1901
John Fitzpatrick FT Rylstone 1895–1904, 1907–1930
Thomas Fitzpatrick NF Murrumbidgee 1894–1904
John Garland FT Woollahra 1898–1901, 1903–1904
John Gillies FT West Maitland 1891–1911
Thomas Goodwin NF Gunnedah 1887–1888, 1895–1901
James Gormly NF Wagga Wagga 1885–1904
James Graham FT Sydney-Belmore 1894–1901, 1907–1910
Arthur Hill Griffith Labor Waratah 1894–1903, 1904–1920
Thomas Griffith NF Albury 1898–1904
Matthew Harris FT Sydney-Denison 1894–1901
Thomas Hassall NF Moree 1886–1901
John Hawthorne FT Leichhardt 1885–1891, 1894–1904
James Hayes NF Murray 1885–1904
John Haynes FT Wellington 1887–1904, 1915–1917
James Hogue FT Glebe 1894–1910
William Holman Labor Grenfell 1898–1920
George Howarth FT Willoughby 1895–1903
Billy Hughes Labor Sydney-Lang 1894–1901
William Hurley NF Macquarie 1895–1904
Thomas Jessep FT Waverley 1896–1907
John Kidd NF Camden 1880–1882, 1885–1887, 1889–1904
Sydney Law Labor Balmain South 1894–1907
Charles Lee FT Tenterfield 1884–1920
Samuel Lees FT Nepean 1887–1895, 1898–1901
Robert Levien Independent Quirindi 1880–1889, 1889–1913
William Lyne NF Hume 1880–1901
Hugh Macdonald Labor Castlereagh 1894–1906
James Mackay 4 NF Boorowa 1895–1899
Michael MacMahon 12 Prot Uralla-Walcha 1900–1904
William Mahony FT Annandale 1894–1910
William McCourt FT Bowral 1882–1885, 1887–1913
John McFarlane NF Clarence 1887–1915
James McGowen Labor Redfern 1891–1917
John McLaughlin Independent Raleigh 1880–1885, 1895–1901
Gordon McLaurin14 Prot Hume 1901–1913
Francis McLean FT Marrickville 1894–1901
Richard Meagher Independent Tweed 1895, 1898–1904, 1907–1917
William Millard FT Moruya 1894–1920, 1920–1921
Gus Miller NF Monaro 1889–1918
Edmund Molesworth FT Newtown-Erskine 1889–1901
Samuel Moore FT Bingara 1885–1910
William Morgan FT Hawkesbury 1894–1901
John Neild FT Paddington 1885–1889, 1891–1894, 1895–1901
Arthur Nelson NF Sydney-Flinders 1895–1904
Henry Newman FT Orange 1891–1904
John Nicholson FT Woronora 1891–1917
Niels Nielsen 4 Labor Boorowa 1899–1913
John Nobbs FT Granville 1888–1893, 1898–1913
John Norton 3 Independent Northumberland 1898–1906, 1907–1910
Daniel O'Connor 6 Prot Sydney-Phillip 1877–1891, 1900–1904
Broughton O'Conor NF Sherbrooke 1898–1907
Edward O'Sullivan NF Queanbeyan 1885–1910
Varney Parkes 7 FT Canterbury 1885–1888, 1891–1900, 1907–1913
John Perry NF Ballina 1889–1920
Simeon Phillips FT Dubbo 1895–1904
William Henry Piddington 8, 12 NF Uralla-Walcha 1894–1900
Richard Price NF Gloucester 1894–1904, 1907–1922
Robert Pyers NF Richmond 1894–1904
Patrick Quinn NF Sydney-Bligh 1898–1904
George Reid FT Sydney-King 1880–1884, 1885–1901
Joseph Reymond NF Ashburnham 1895–1904
Edwin Richards NF Mudgee 1894–1904
William Rigg FT Newtown-St Peters 1894–1901
Thomas Rose NF Argyle 1891–1904
Andrew Ross NF Molong 1880–1904
Hugh Ross Labor Narrabri 1898–1901
William Sawers NF Tamworth 1885–1886, 1898–1901
John See NF Grafton 1880–1904
Richard Sleath Labor Wilcannia 1894–1904
Samuel Smith Labor Sydney-Pyrmont 1898–1902
Sydney Smith 7, 10 FT Canterbury 1882–1898, 1900
William Spence Labor Cobar 1898–1901
Wilfred Spruson NF Sydney-Gipps 1898–1901
Richard Stevenson 3 NF Northumberland 1886–1895, 1898–1899
David Storey FT Randwick 1894–1920
Francis Bathurst Suttor 9 NF Bathurst 1875–1887, 1891–1894, 1898–1900
Thomas Taylor 10 Independent Canterbury 1900–1901
Edward Terry Independent Federalist Ryde 1898–1901, 1904
Josiah Thomas Labor Alma 1894–1901
Dugald Thomson NF Warringah 1894–1901
James Thomson Labor Newcastle West 1895–1901
Thomas Waddell NF Cowra 1897–1917
David Watkins Labor Wallsend 1894–1901
Chris Watson Labor Young 1894–1901
Samuel Whiddon FT Sydney-Cook 1894–1904
William Wilks FT Balmain North 1894–1901
William Willis NF Barwon 1889–1904
Charles Wilson NF Armidale 1898–1901
Bernhard Wise 13 NF Ashfield 1887–1889, 1891–1895, 1898–1900
Frederick Winchcombe 13 FT Ashfield 1900–1905
William Wood NF Eden-Bombala 1894–1913
Francis Wright NF Glen Innes 1882–1885, 1889–1903
James Young FT Manning 1880–1901, 1904–1907
William Young 9 Prot Bathurst 1900–1907

By-elections

Under the constitution, ministers were required to resign to recontest their seats in a by-election when appointed. These by-elections are only noted when the minister was defeated; in general, he was elected unopposed.


# Electorate Departing Member Party Reason for By-election Date of By-election Winner of By-election Party
1 Hastings and Macleay Francis Clarke NF Resigned to give Barton a seat 23/09/1898 Edmund Barton NF
2 Parramatta William Ferris Independent Federalist Election declared void on appeal 26/10/1898 William Ferris Prot
3 Northumberland Richard Stevenson NF Death 20/06/1899 John Norton Independent
4 Boorowa James Mackay Prot Appointed to Legislative Council 23/09/1899 Niels Nielsen Labor
5 Hastings and Macleay Edmund Barton Prot Resigned to take Constitution to London 01/03/1900 Francis Clarke Prot
6 Sydney-Phillip Henry Copeland Prot accepted post as Agent-General 7/04/1900 Daniel O'Connor Prot
7 Canterbury Varney Parkes FT Unknown 9/06/1900 Sydney Smith FT
8 Uralla-Walcha William Henry Piddington Prot Unknown 9/06/1900 William Henry Piddington Prot
9 Bathurst Francis Bathurst Suttor Prot Appointed to Legislative Council 25/06/1900 William Young Prot
10 Canterbury Sydney Smith FT By-election result voided on appeal 28/07/1900 Thomas Taylor Independent
11 Bourke William Davis Prot Unknown 15/09/1900 William Davis Prot
12 Uralla-Walcha William Henry Piddington Prot Death 27/10/1900 Michael MacMahon Prot
13 Ashfield Bernhard Wise Prot Appointed to Legislative Council 10/11/1900 Frederick Winchcombe FT
14 Hume William Lyne Prot Successfully contested Hume at 1901 Federal election 17/04/1901 Gordon McLaurin Prot

¶ Members of the Protectionist Party under the leadership of Barton and Lyne campaigned as the National Federal Party at the 1898 colonial election. After the success of the 2nd Federal Referendum on 20 June 1899, they resumed the Protectionist name. The party designation is the designation given at the time of election but party affiliations were particularly flexible during the pre-federation period in the New South Wales Parliament (see Antony Green below).

† While nominally supporters of the Free Trade Party, these members supported the Protectionist government of William Lyne and prevented George Reid from becoming Premier