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Armidale - 1898 (Roll: 2,941) National Federal gain from Free Trade Nominations: Wednesday, 20 July 1898 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Lonsdale, Edmund (Defeated) Free Trade 792 43.71 Wilson, Charles Graham (Elected) National Federal 1,020 56.29 Formal Votes 1,812 Informal Votes 10 0.55 Total Votes / Turnout 1,822 61.95 Source: Year Book of Australia (1899), result matching total of votes recorded in Statistical Register. Slightly different result reported in SMH 29 July 1898, p.6 col.1, with Wilson on 1,018 votes.