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Young - 1898 (Roll: 2,954)
Retained by Labor Party
Nominations: Monday, 18 July 1898
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
O'Connor, Richard Edward National Federal 876 41.32
Watson, John Christian (Re-elected) Labor Party 1,244 58.68
Formal Votes 2,120
Informal Votes 18 0.84
Total Votes / Turnout 2,138 72.38
Source: Year Book of Australia (1899) p.339, only incomplete published in SMH 28 July 1898, p.7.