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Wagga Wagga - 1894 (Roll: 1,793)
Won by Protectionist
Nominations: Thursday, 12 July 1894
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Gormly, James (Re-elected) Protectionist 933 77.30
McDarra, James Ind Labor 274 22.70
Formal Votes 1,207
Informal Votes 13 1.07
Total Votes / Turnout 1,220 68.04
Notes: Gormly was a sitting MP for Murrumbidgee. McDarra is listed as a Labor candidate in Hughes and Graham (1975), but not in the SMH selected candidate lists (16 July). The Worker lists him as a modified pledge Labor candidate in the Brisbane Worker 7 July, while the Australian Workman lists him as Independent Labor, the affiliation adopted here.