1904 New South Wales state election

1904 New South Wales state election
← 1901 6 August 1904 (1904-08-06) 1907 →
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sir Joseph Carruthers James McGowen Thomas Waddell
Party Liberal Reform Labor Electoral League Progressive
Leader since 18 September 1902 August 1894 15 June 1904
Leader's seat St George Redfern Cowra (contesting Belubula)
Last election 37 seats 24 seats 42 seats
Seats won 45 seats 25 seats 16 seats
Seat change Increase8 Increase1 Decrease26
Percentage 44.58% 23.30% 18.98%
Swing Increase11.03 Increase4.86 Decrease4.01
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

Thomas Waddell
Progressive

Elected Premier

Sir Joseph Carruthers
Liberal Reform

The 1904 New South Wales state election was held on 6 August 1904 for all of the 90 seats in the 20th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. For the first time, women were entitled to vote. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 19th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 16 July 1904 by the Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, on the advice of the Premier, Thomas Waddell.[1][2][3]

This election saw the size of the Legislative Assembly reduced from 125 to 90 seats as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Green 1904 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.