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Bathurst - 1898 (Roll: 2,594)
National Federal gain from Free Trade
Nominations: Thursday, 21 July 1898
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Smith, Sydney (Defeated) Free Trade 892 47.27
Suttor, Francis Bathurst (Elected) National Federal 995 52.73
Formal Votes 1,887
Informal Votes 14 0.74
Total Votes / Turnout 1,901 73.28
Source: Bathurst Daily Times, 28 July 1898, p.3 col.5, official declaration by Returning Officer. Result match the total of votes in NSW statistical Register (1898) and the results in the Year Book of Australia (1899) as well as Hughes and Graham (1975). The SMH 28 July 1898, p.7 publishes a slightly different result with Smith on 889.