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Newtown-St Peters - 1898 (Roll: 2,691) Retained by Free Trade Nominations: Thursday, 21 July 1898 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Dent, Ernest Alfred Lambourne Ind Federalist 5 0.30 Edwards, George Bertrand National Federal 628 37.31 Mitchell, James Brown Ind Federalist 7 0.42 Rigg, William (Re-elected) Free Trade 1,031 61.26 Sherley, William Independent 12 0.71 St George, Hugh Ernest Ind Federalist 0 0.00 Formal Votes 1,683 Informal Votes 19 1.12 Total Votes / Turnout 1,702 63.25 Notes: Affiliations based on party affiliations, SMH 27 July, p.4 col.1, and in the results 28 July, p.7 col.4. DT 27 July is in agreement. Source: SMH 28 July 1898, p.10 col.3, published declaration by Returning Officer. Report same day p.8 col.8 reports St George as having withdrawn from the contest, and he is not included in Hughes and Graham (1975).