Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election

The 1894 New South Wales colonial election was for 125 electoral districts, with each district returning one member. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. There were three significant changes from the 1891 election, the abolition of multi-member constituencies, the abolition of plural voting where an elector had property or residence in more than one electorate and that polls for every district were held on the same day. The number of seats was reduced from 141 to 125. In this election, in 74 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 1 was uncontested. The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,046, ranging from Lismore (1,360) to Marrickville (2,924).

Argyle
Thomas Rose (Protectionist) was one of two sitting members for Argyle. The second member, William Holborow (Free Trade), did not contest the election.

Armidale
Henry Copeland (Protectionist) and Edmund Lonsdale (Free Trade) were sitting members for New England. The third member for New England, James Inglis (Free Trade) did not contest the election.

The Barwon
The Barwon consisted of part of Bourke and parts of the abolished districts of The Bogan and The Namoi. William Willis (Protectionist) was one of the members for Bourke.

Bourke
Bourke was reduced in size and parts were given to the new districts of Cobar and The Barwon. Hugh Langwell (Independent Labour) was one of the members for Bourke. Of the other two members, Thomas Waddell (Protectionist) successfully contested Cobar and William Willis (Protectionist) successfully contested The Barwon.

Cobar
Cobar consisted of part of Bourke and parts of the abolished districts of The Bogan and Forbes. Thomas Waddell (Protectionist) was one of the members for Bourke.

Grenfell
The sitting member, Robert Vaughn had been elected as a member at the 1891 election but stood as a  candidate for this election.

The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee which conducted a re-count in October 1894.

The Hawkesbury
Sydney Burdekin (Free Trade) was the sitting member for The Hawkesbury.

Illawarra
Archibald Campbell (Free Trade) was one of two sitting members for Illawarra. The second member, John Nicholson (Labour) successfully contested the election for the new seat of Woronora.

Marrickville
Marrickville was one of four new seats split out of the abolished seat of Newtown, the others being Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine and Newtown-St Peters. The four sitting members for members for Newtown contested the other three seats.

Newtown-Camperdown
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Joseph Abbott (Free Trade) was a sitting members for Newtown, while the other three sitting members contested Newtown-St Peters and Newtown-Erskine.

Newtown-Erskine
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Edmund Molesworth (Free Trade) and John Hindle (Labour) were both sitting members for Newtown, while the other two sitting members contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-St Peters.

Newtown-St Peters
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown, Newtown-Erskine, Newtown-St Peters and Marrickville. Francis Cotton (Labour) was a sitting member for Newtown. The other three sitting members for Newtown contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. William Rigg (Independent Free Trade) was the Mayor of Newtown. John Bowes (Protectionist) was the sitting member for the abolished seat of Morpeth.

Parramatta
Hugh Taylor (Free Trade) was the sitting member for Parramatta.

Wentworth
Joseph Abbott had been appointed as Speaker in 1890, was listed as an independent and elected unopposed. While he retained the role of Speaker he was opposed for this election and stood as a Protectionist.

Yass
Yass Plains was renamed Yass. Thomas Colls (Protectionist) was the sitting member for Yass Plains.

Young
Both John Gough and James Mackinnon had been elected as candidates, however they refused to sign the pledge.