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The Manning - 1898 (Roll: 2,144)
Retained by Free Trade
Nominations: Monday, 18 July 1898
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Cowan, David National Federal 658 41.36
Young, James Henry (Re-elected) Free Trade 933 58.64
Formal Votes 1,591
Informal Votes 9 0.56
Total Votes / Turnout 1,600 74.63
Source: Year Book of Australia (1899), figures also used in Hughes and Graham (1975). Final figures are not published in SMH, but a report published 29 July p.6 col.2 notes 'Later returns .. Give Mr. Young a final majority of 275', a majority that matches the Year Book results.