New South Wales state election, 1904

New South Wales state election, 1904
New South Wales
6 August 1904
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sir Joseph Carruthers James McGowen Thomas Waddell
Party Liberal Reform Labor Progressive
Leader since 18 September 1902 August 1894 15 June 1904
Leader's seat St George Redfern Cowra (contesting Belubula)
Last election 37 seats 24 seats 42 seats
Seats won 45 seats 25 seats 16 seats
Seat change Increase8 Increase1 Decrease26
Percentage 44.58% 23.30% 18.98%
Swing Increase11.03 Increase4.86 Decrease4.01
Premier before election

Thomas Waddell
Progressive

 Elected Premier

Sir Joseph Carruthers
Liberal Reform

The 1904 New South Wales state election was held on 6 August 1904. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 20th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. The 19th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 16 July 1904 by the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, on the advice of the Premier, Thomas Waddell.

This election saw the size of the Legislative Assembly decrease from 125 seats to 90 seats.

Key dates

Date Event
16 July 1904 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
26 July 1904 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
6 August 1904 Polling day.
23 August 1904 Opening of 20th Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 6 August 1904
Legislative Assembly
<< 1901 — 1907 >>

Enrolled voters 689,490
Votes cast 396,622 Turnout 59.31 −3.53
Informal votes 3,973 Informal 0.99 +0.21
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal Reform 176,796 44.58 +11.03 45 +8
  Labor 92,426 23.30 +4.86 25 +1
  Progressive 75,297 18.98 −4.01 16 −26
  Independent 25,605 6.46 −4.62 2 −10
  Independent Liberal 21,189 5.34 −3.26 2 −2
  Other 5,309 1.34 −4.01 0 −6
Total 396,622     90  

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