Electoral results for the district of Narrabri

Narrabri, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Charles Collins	Free Trade
1895
1898 by		Hugh Ross	Labour
1898
1901		Albert Collins	Liberal Reform

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Narrabri [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Albert Collins	738	51.2
	Labour	John Gately	520	36.1	-4.6
	Independent Progressive	Job Sheldon	184	12.8
Total formal votes			1,442	99.7	+1.4
Informal votes			5	0.4	-1.4
Turnout			1,447	60.2	+1.6
	Liberal Reform gain from Labour

The sitting member was Hugh Ross (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Quirindi.

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Narrabri [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Ross	608	40.7
	National Federal	George Dale	522	34.9
	Independent Federalist	William Borthwick	365	24.4
Total formal votes			1,495	98.3
Informal votes			26	1.7
Turnout			1,521	58.6
	Labour gain from Free Trade

The sitting member Charles Collins (Free Trade) died in 1898 and Hugh Ross (Labour) had won the seat in a by-election.

1898 by-election

1898 Narrabri colonial by-election

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Narrabri [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Collins	428	40.1
	Labour	Hugh Ross	382	35.8
	Protectionist	Job Sheldon	258	24.2
Total formal votes			1,068	99.7
Informal votes			3	0.3
Turnout			1,071	55.6
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Narrabri [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Collins	672	48.7
	Labour	Hugh Ross	561	40.7
	Ind. Free Trade	Sydney Powell	130	9.4
	Independent	George Gregory	17	1.2
Total formal votes			1,380	98.2
Informal votes			26	1.9
Turnout			1,406	74.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1901 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1898 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1895 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1894 Narrabri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.