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Waterloo - 1898 (Roll: 2,789)
Retained by Free Trade
Nominations: Thursday, 21 July 1898
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Anderson, George (Re-elected) Free Trade 872 50.17
Flowers, Frederick Labor Party 357 20.54
Martin, William National Federal 499 28.71
Maynard, Henry Independent 9 0.52
Sweeney, Edward Independent 1 0.06
Formal Votes 1,738
Informal Votes 14 0.80
Total Votes / Turnout 1,752 62.82
Notes: Contesting against a sitting Free Trade MP, endorsed Labor candidate Flowers was not included as a supported candidate in George Reid's letter, SMH 27 July.
Source: SMH 28 July 1898, p7