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Maitland West - 1894 (Roll: 2,385) Won by Ind Free Trade Nominations: Thursday, 12 July 1894 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Gillies, John (Re-elected) Ind Free Trade 1,247 63.85 Payne, Arthur Joseph Frederick Ind Protectionist 7 0.36 Proctor, Richard Ind Labor 81 4.15 Scobie, Robert (Defeated) Free Trade 618 31.64 Formal Votes 1,953 Informal Votes 32 1.61 Total Votes / Turnout 1,985 83.23 Notes: Gillies was MP for Maitland East while Scobie was a sitting MP for The Hunter. Proctor was given the affiliation Protectionist in most newspapers, but the Australian Workman listed him as an Independent Labor candidate, the affiliation adopted here.