# Candidates of the 1901 New South Wales state election

There were 373 candidates contesting 125 seats at the 1901 New South Wales state election which was held on 3 July 1901.
Since the previous election in 1898, the Protectionist Party (or National Federal Party) had become the Progressive Party, while the Free Trade Party had become the Liberal Reform Party.

## Retiring members
### Progressive

* Joseph Abbott MLA (Wentworth)
* John Chanter MLA (Deniliquin) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Austin Chapman MLA (Braidwood) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Francis Clarke MLA (Hastings and Macleay) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* George Cruickshank MLA (Inverell) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Thomas Ewing MLA (Lismore) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Thomas Goodwin MLA (Gunnedah)
* Thomas Hassall MLA (Moree)
* William Sawers MLA (Tamworth) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Dugald Thomson MLA (Warringah) — elected to the federal House of Representatives.

### Liberal

* Joseph Cook MLA (Hartley) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Francis Cotton MLA (Newtown-Camperdown)
* Sir Matthew Harris MLA (Sydney-Denison)
* Francis McLean MLA (Marrickville) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* John Neild MLA (Paddington) — elected to the federal Senate
* George Reid MLA (Sydney-King) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Bill Wilks MLA (Balmain North) — elected to the federal House of Representatives

### Labor

* Thomas Brown MLA (Condoublin) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Billy Hughes MLA (Sydney-King) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* William Spence MLA (Cobar) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Josiah Thomas MLA (Alma) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* James Thomson MLA (Newcastle West)
* David Watkins MLA (Wallsend) — elected to the federal House of Representatives
* Chris Watson MLA (Young) — elected to the federal House of Representatives

### Independent

* John McLaughlin MLA (Raleigh)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
| Electorate | Held by | Progressive candidate | Liberal candidate | Labour candidate | Other candidates |
| Albury | Progressive | | Richard Ball | | Thomas Griffith (Ind) |
| Alma | Labour | | | Jabez Wright | William Colliss (Ind) |
| Alma | Labour | | | Jabez Wright | William Williams (Ind Lab) |
| Annandale | Liberal | Reginald Cohen | William Mahony | | Richard Kimber (Ind) |
| Argyle | Progressive | Thomas Rose | Francis Isaac | | |
| Armidale | Progressive | Charles Wilson | Edmund Lonsdale | | |
| Ashburnham | Progressive | Joseph Reymond | Thomas Bavister | | Frank Calder (Ind) |
| Ashfield | Liberal | | Frederick Winchcombe | | |
| Ballina | Progressive | John Perry | Thomas Temperley | | Samuel Dutton (Ind) Thomas Russell (Ind) |
| Balmain North | Liberal | Alexander Milne | Gilbert Murdoch | John Storey | Walter Macdougall (Ind) William Ward (Ind Lib) |
| Balmain South | Labour | | Charles Donnelley | Sydney Law | John Gray (Ind Lib) Robert Morris (Ind) William Pacey (Ind) Percy Tighe (Ind Prog) |
| Barwon | Progressive | William Willis | | William Wright | |
| Bathurst | Progressive | William Young | George Machattie | | Jacob Innes (Ind) |
| Bega | Progressive | Henry Clarke | | | William Boot (Ind) William Braine (Ind) |
| Bingara | Liberal | | Samuel Moore | | |
| Boorowa | Labour | | | Niels Nielsen | Herbert O'Leary (Ind Prog) |
| Botany | Labour | | William Stephen | John Dacey | |
| Bourke | Progressive | William Davis | | | |
| Bowral | Liberal | | William McCourt | | |
| Braidwood | Progressive | Albert Chapman | | | Alexander Fraser (Ind Lib) Frederick Gordon (Ind Lib) Richard Higgins (Ind Lib) Walter Horberry (Ind) Ebenezer Henry (Ind Lib) John Kenny (Ind Prog) Patrick O'Brien (Ind Lib) Bartholomew O'Sullivan (Ind) |
| Broken Hill | Labour | | | John Cann | Charles Counsell (Ind Lib) |
| Burwood | Independent | | Alexander Ralston | | William Archer (Ind) |
| Camden | Progressive | John Kidd | William Blackmore | | |
| Canterbury | Independent | | Thomas Mackenzie | | Frederick Barker (Ind) Thomas Dalton (Ind) William Gilliver (Ind) Hampton Slatyer (Ind) Thomas Taylor (Ind) Frederick Webster (Ind) |
| Clarence | Progressive | John McFarlane | | | |
| Cobar | Labour | | | Donald Macdonell | |
| Condoublin | Labour | | | Patrick Clara | William Nash (Ind) Andrew Stewart (Ind) David Tasker (Ind Lib) William Wilkinson (Ind) |
| Coonamble | Labour | | | Hugh Macdonald | John Reddan (Ind Prog) |
| Cowra | Progressive | Thomas Waddell | | | |
| Darlington | Liberal | | Thomas Clarke | Phillip Sullivan | John Neill (Soc) |
| Deniliquin | Progressive | | | | Richard Eames (Ind Prog) |
| Deniliquin | Progressive | | | | Joseph Evans (Ind Prog) |
| Deniliquin | Progressive | | | | Patrick Fagan (Ind Prog) Allen Lakeman (Ind Prog) John Lewis (Ind Lib) Hugh McKinney (Ind) |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Edwin Utley | Simeon Phillips | Linus Bungate | |
| Durham | Progressive | Walter Bennett | | | |
| East Maitland | Liberal | | James Brunker | | William McIlroy (Ind Prog) |
| Eden-Bombala | Progressive | | | | Bernard McTernan (Ind Lib) |
| Eden-Bombala | Progressive | | | | William Wood (Ind) |
| Glebe | Liberal | | James Hogue | Peter Strong | Lewis Abrams (Ind) Stanley Cole (Ind) William Tate (Ind) |
| Glen Innes | Progressive | Francis Wright | | | Thomas Chandler (Ind) Follett Thomas (Ind Lib) |
| Gloucester | Progressive | | Alfred Lee | | Richard Price (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Liberal | | James Ashton | James Toomey | |
| Grafton | Progressive | John See | | | Frederick Wilcox (Ind Lib) |
| Granville | Liberal | William Windsor | John Nobbs | | |
| Grenfell | Labour | | Arthur Grimm | William Holman | |
| Gundagai | Progressive | John Barnes | John Miller | | James Cook (Ind Lib) Walter Griffin (Ind) |
| Gunnedah | Progressive | | Thomas Wills-Allen | David Hall | |
| Hartley | Liberal | Henry Brierley | Harry Goyder | Robert Pillans | John Hurley (Ind) |
| Hartley | Liberal | Henry Brierley | Harry Goyder | Robert Pillans | John Tabrett (Ind) |
| Hastings and Macleay | Progressive | Percival Basche | Robert Davidson | | Hugh Bridson (Ind) Otho Dangar (Ind) Edward Noonan (Ind) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Brinsley Hall | William Morgan | | |
| Hay | Liberal | | | | Frank Byrne (Ind) |
| Hume | Progressive | Gordon McLaurin | | | |
| Illawarra | Liberal | | Archibald Campbell | | Henry Collings (Ind Lab) |
| Inverell | Progressive | William McIntyre | | | James McIlveen (Ind Prog) |
| Kahibah | Labour | | | Alfred Edden | John Bailey (Ind Lib) |
| Kiama | Progressive | Alexander Campbell | John Waugh | | |
| Lachlan | Progressive | James Carroll | | | |
| Leichhardt | Liberal | | John Hawthorne | William Niland | |
| Lismore | Progressive | Charles Duffy | | Robert Campbell | Richard Balmer (Ind Lib) |
| Lismore | Progressive | Charles Duffy | | Robert Campbell | John Coleman (Ind Lib) |
| Lismore | Progressive | Charles Duffy | | Robert Campbell | James Frith (Ind Lib) James O'Flynn (Ind Lib) Frank Russell (Ind Lib) |
| Macquarie | Progressive | William Hurley | John Miller | | |
| Manning | Liberal | John Thomson | James Young | | |
| Marrickville | Liberal | James Edwards | Richard McCoy | | David Chenhall (Ind Lib) John Hardy (Ind) George Leslie (Ind Lib) George Morehouse (Ind Lib) William Moyes (Ind Lib) |
| Molong | Progressive | Andrew Ross | John Withington | | |
| Monaro | Progressive | | John Sellar | Gus Miller | |
| Moree | Progressive | John Crane | | William Webster | |
| Moruya | Liberal | Theophilus Cox | William Millard | | James Smith (Ind) |
| Mudgee | Progressive | Edwin Richards | Robert Jones | | |
| Murray | Progressive | James Hayes | | | Alexander McArthur (Ind Lib) |
| Murrumbidgee | Progressive | Thomas Fitzpatrick | | Percy Waxman | |
| Narrabri | Labour | | Albert Collins | John Gately | Job Sheldon (Ind Prog) |
| Nepean | Liberal | Thomas Smith | Samuel Lees | | |
| Newcastle East | Liberal | | William Dick | James Curley | |
| Newcastle West | Labour | Emmanuel Flynn | Owen Gilbert | Thomas Green | |
| Newtown-Camperdown | Liberal | | Thomas Probert | Samuel Heaton | Richard Bellemey (Ind Lib) William Clegg (Ind Lib) |
| Newtown-Camperdown | Liberal | | Thomas Probert | Samuel Heaton | James Smith (Ind Prog) |
| Newtown-Camperdown | Liberal | | Thomas Probert | Samuel Heaton | Andrew Thomson (Soc) |
| Newtown-Erskine | Liberal | | Edmund Molesworth | Robert Hollis | Leopold Bertram (Ind Lib) |
| Newtown-St Peters | Liberal | | William Rigg | George Clark | Walter Arnold (Ind) |
| Newtown-St Peters | Liberal | | William Rigg | George Clark | James Fallick (Ind Lib) |
| Newtown-St Peters | Liberal | | William Rigg | George Clark | David Hayes (Ind) James Mitchell (Ind Prog) |
| Northumberland | Independent | | | | John Norton (Ind) |
| Orange | Liberal | Patrick Flanagan | Harry Newman | | Albert Gardiner (Ind Lib) |
| Paddington | Liberal | Thomas West | Charles Oakes | | Frederick Harper (Ind) Thomas Meagher (Ind) Robert Usher (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Progressive | William Ferris | Tom Moxham | | |
| Petersham | Progressive | | John Cohen | | Joseph Cockbaine (Ind Lib) William Richardson (Ind) |
| Queanbeyan | Progressive | Edward O'Sullivan | Charles Turner | | Patrick McNamara (Ind Lib) |
| Quirindi | Independent | Robert Levien | John Rodgers | Hugh Ross | |
| Raleigh | Independent | George Briner | | | Henry Boltwood (Ind) Richard Cooke (Ind) Jeremiah Mannix (Ind) Eugene Rudder (Ind Prog) |
| Randwick | Liberal | James O'Donnell | David Storey | | Thomas Armfield (Ind) |
| Redfern | Labour | | Peter McNaught | James McGowen | Joseph Butterfield (Ind) |
| Richmond | Progressive | Robert Pyers | Thomas McFadden | | John Harper (Ind Lib) |
| Robertson | Progressive | Robert Fitzgerald | William Fleming | | |
| Ryde | Independent | | Thomas Henley | | Frank Farnell (Ind Lib) |
| Ryde | Independent | | Thomas Henley | | Edward Terry (Ind) Henry Tucker (Ind Prog) |
| Rylstone | Liberal | Thomas Arkins | John Fitzpatrick | | |
| St George | Liberal | | Joseph Carruthers | William Flinn | |
| St Leonards | Liberal | | Edward Clark | Peter O'Connell | Thomas Creswell (Ind Lib) |
| Sherbrooke | Progressive | | John Roughley | | Broughton O'Conor (Ind) |
| Sherbrooke | Progressive | | John Roughley | | Adam Pringle (Ind Lib) |
| Shoalhaven | Independent | David Davis | Mark Morton | | |
| Singleton | Progressive | Charles Dight | Augustus Walker | | Thomas Blick (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labour | | | Charles Maley | William Ferguson (Ind Lab) |
| Sydney-Belmore | Liberal | Eden George | Sir James Graham | William Gocher | John Donovan (Ind) |
| Sydney-Bligh | Progressive | Patrick Quinn | John Brindley | Daniel Healey | John Campbell (Ind Lib) John Hughes (Ind) |
| Sydney-Cook | Liberal | George Perry | Samuel Whiddon | Philip Mulholland | Henry Cato (Ind) John Griffin (Ind) William Hart (Ind Prog) |
| Sydney-Denison | Liberal | | George Harris | Andrew Kelly | James Hynes (Ind) William Watts (Ind Lib) |
| Sydney-Fitzroy | Liberal | | Daniel Levy | Donald McKinnon | Henry Chapman (Ind) Harry Foran (Ind Prog) Callaghan Garvan (Ind) Arthur McElhone (Ind Lib) Denis O'Sullivan (Ind) |
| Sydney-Flinders | Progressive | Arthur Nelson | John Waine | Frederick Sommerhoff | Hezekiah Evers (Ind Lib) Ernest Gardner (Ind Prog) James Lawrence (Ind Prog) |
| Sydney-Gipps | Progressive | | Elliot Johnson | William Daley | Wilfred Spruson (Ind Prog) |
| Sydney-King | Liberal | Ernest Broughton | Thomas Hughes | | David Fealy (Ind) Vincent Taylor (Ind Lib) Lindsay Thompson (Ind) Fred Walsh (Ind Lib) Alexander Wilson (Ind) |
| Sydney-Lang | Labour | Joseph Chuck | Evan Jones | John Power | Harry Holland (Soc) |
| Sydney-Phillip | Progressive | Daniel O'Connor | John Moloney | George Barnett | |
| Sydney-Pyrmont | Labour | | | Samuel Smith | John Sergeant (Ind Lib) |
| Tamworth | Progressive | Geoffrey Codrington | Albert Piddington | | Raymond Walsh (Ind) |
| Tenterfield | Liberal | | Charles Lee | | |
| Tumut | Independent | Robert Donaldson | Charles Royle | James Elphick | |
| Tweed | Independent | | Alexander Eastaughffe | | Richard Meagher (Ind) |
| Uralla-Walcha | Progressive | Michael MacMahon | Charles Marsh | | Frank Townshend (Ind) James Watts (Ind) |
| Wagga Wagga | Progressive | James Gormly | | | George Coleman (Ind Prog) |
| Wallsend | Labour | | | John Estell | James Moroney (Soc) |
| Waratah | Labour | | | Arthur Griffith | William Sharp (Ind Prog) |
| Warringah | Progressive | | James Conroy | | James Alderson (Ind Lib) Thomas Loxton (Ind Lib) |
| Warringah | Progressive | | James Conroy | | Ellison Quirk (Ind) |
| Waterloo | Liberal | | George Anderson | Ernest Banner | Henry Maynard (Ind) James Morrish (Soc) |
| Waverley | Liberal | | Thomas Jessep | | Alfred Allen (Ind Lib) John Carroll (Ind) James Macarthur-Onslow (Ind) David Penfold (Ind) |
| Wellington | Liberal | John McEwen | John Haynes | | |
| Wentworth | Progressive | | | Robert Scobie | Thomas Boynton (Ind) Alexander Cameron (Ind Lib) Harry Harben (Ind) |
| West Macquarie | Progressive | Paddy Crick | Otto Jaeger | | |
| West Maitland | Liberal | | | | John Gillies (Ind) |
| West Maitland | Liberal | | | | Richard Proctor (Ind) |
| Wickham | Progressive | John Fegan | William Sheddon | George Errington | |
| Wilcannia | Labour | | | John Buzacott | Thomas Bell (Ind Lib) |
| Wilcannia | Labour | | | John Buzacott | Richard Sleath (Ind Lab) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | | George Howarth | George Waite | Claude Leplastrier (Ind Lib) |
| Woollahra | Liberal | | John Garland | | William Latimer (Ind Lib) |
| Woronora | Liberal | | Thomas Bissell | John Wonders | John Nicholson (Ind Lab) |
| Yass | Liberal | Bernard Grogan | William Affleck | | |
| Young | Labour | | James Rankin | George Burgess | John Lynch (Ind) Thomas Spring (Ind) Alphonso Tewksbury (Ind) |