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Gundagai - 1894 (Roll: 2,002)
Won by Protectionist
Nominations: Thursday, 12 July 1894
No absolute majority for winning candidate
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Barnes, John Frederick (Re-elected) Protectionist 699 46.32
McCook, Robert Ebenezer Ind Labor 385 25.51
Pinkstone, Frederick Free Trade 333 22.07
Ramsden, Richard James Ind Free Trade 92 6.10
Formal Votes 1,509
Informal Votes 48 3.08
Total Votes / Turnout 1,557 77.77
Notes: Hughes and Graham (1975) list McCook as a Labor candidate, but he is missing from the selected lists in both the SMH and the Star, is listed in the Australian Workman as an Independent Labor candidate, and a modified pledge Labor candidate in the 7 July Brisbane Worker. He is shown here as an Independent Labor candidate.