NSW Elections Links Site Links Home Page Elections Index Candidates Index Districts Index By-elections Feedback 1894 Election Links Home Totals Turnout Districts By-Elections Candidates Party Votes Poll Sequence Prev/Next District << Newcastle West Newtown-Erskine >> Prev/Next Contest 1895 >>

Newtown-Camperdown - 1894 (Roll: 2,272) Won by Free Trade Nominations: Saturday, 14 July 1894 No absolute majority for winning candidate Candidate Party Votes Votes % Abbott, Joseph (Re-elected) Free Trade 852 46.71 Cotton, John William Ind Free Trade 63 3.45 Morgan, Benjamin Labor Party 554 30.37 Smith, James Francis Protectionist 355 19.46 Formal Votes 1,824 Informal Votes 32 1.72 Total Votes / Turnout 1,856 81.69 Notes: Abbott was a sitting MP for Newtown. Cotton was listed as a candidate of the radical Free Trade and Land Reform Association.