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Coonamble - 1898 (Roll: 2,563)
Retained by Labor Party
Nominations: Monday, 18 July 1898
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Alison, William National Federal 625 44.48
Macdonald, Hugh (Re-elected) Labor Party 780 55.52
Formal Votes 1,405
Informal Votes 10 0.71
Total Votes / Turnout 1,415 55.21
Notes: As well as being the official Labor candidate, Macdonald was endorsed by George Reid, SMH 27 July 1898, p.2 col.7.
Source: Year Book of Australian (1899) p.336, figures also used in Hughes and Graham (1975). Incomplete results published SMH 29 July 1898, p.6 col.1. Names taken from Coonamble Independent 5 August, p.8 col.1.