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Newtown-Camperdown - 1898 (Roll: 2,843)
Retained by Free Trade
Nominations: Thursday, 21 July 1898
No absolute majority for winning candidate
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Abigail, James William National Federal 350 20.24
Cotton, Francis (Re-elected) Free Trade 471 27.24
Dunn, Mikael Charles Independent 3 0.17
Evans, Thomas Ind Federalist 9 0.52
Riley, Edward Labor Party 91 5.26
Smith, James Francis Ind Federalist 431 24.93
Spark, George Hudson Ind Federalist 374 21.63
Formal Votes 1,729
Informal Votes 27 1.54
Total Votes / Turnout 1,756 61.77
Notes: The SMH has listed three of the Independents as Federalists. Of these, only Smith was listed as an opposition candidatein e DT 27 July. SMH affiliations for the Independents have been adopted.
Source: SMH 29 July 1898, p.8 col.3, published declaration by Returning Officer.