1895 New South Wales colonial election

1895 New South Wales colonial election
24 July 1895 (1895-07-24)
All 125 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
63 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Reid George Dibbs James McGowen
Party Free Trade Protectionist Labor
Leader since September 1891 January 1889 August 1894
Leader's seat Sydney-King Tamworth
(lost seat)		 Redfern
Last election 50 seats 37 seats 15 seats
Seats won 58 seats 42 seats 18 seats
Seat change 8 5 3
Percentage 37.15 33.43% 13.20%
Swing 6.81 5.74 3.29
Results of the election, showing the winning vote share of the elected member.
Premier before election

George Reid
Free Trade

 Premier after election

George Reid
Free Trade

The 1895 New South Wales colonial election was held on 24 July 1895 for all of the 125 seats in the 17th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. Section 23 (1) of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act of 1893 conferred a right to vote on 'every male person, being a natural born [British] subject, who shall have resided or had his principal place of abode in New South Wales for a continuous period of one year'. males. The 16th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 5 July 1895 by the Governor, Lord Hampden, on the advice of the Premier, George Reid.

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