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Newtown-Erskine - 1898 (Roll: 2,352) Retained by Free Trade Nominations: Thursday, 21 July 1898 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Molesworth, Edmund William (Re-elected) Free Trade 860 61.34 Morgan, Harold Thomas National Federal 542 38.66 Formal Votes 1,402 Informal Votes 3 0.21 Total Votes / Turnout 1,405 59.74 Source: SMH 28 July 1898, p.7, while Year Book of Australia (1899) reports Molesworth 859 votes and Morgan 543.