New South Wales colonial election, 1895

New South Wales colonial election, 1895

24 July 1895 (1895-07-24)

All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader George Reid George Dibbs James McGowen Party Free Trade Protectionist Labor Electoral League Leader since September 1891 January 1889 August 1894 Leader's seat Sydney-King Tamworth (lost seat) Redfern Last election 50 seats 37 seats 15 seats Seats won 58 seats 42 seats 18 seats Seat change 8 5 3 Percentage 37.15 33.43% 13.20% Swing 6.81 5.74 3.29

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election George Reid Free Trade Elected Premier George Reid Free Trade

The 1895 New South Wales colonial election was held on 24 July 1895 for all of the 125 seats in the 17th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. Suffrage was limited to adult white males. The 16th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 5 July 1895 by the Governor, Lord Hampden, on the advice of the Premier, George Reid.

Key dates

Results

References

• "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 2012-07-08. 
• Antony Green. "NSW Elections Analysis". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 2012-07-08. 

See also

• Candidates of the New South Wales colonial election, 1895
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898

Elections and referendums in New South Wales
General elections	Colonial 1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898 State 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Referendums	1898 1899 1903 1916 1928 1933 1947 1954 1961 1967 1969 1976 1978 1981 1991 1995
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