1895 New South Wales colonial election

The 1895 New South Wales colonial election was held on 24 July 1895 for all of the 125 seats in the seventeenth New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The election was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first-past-the-post voting system. Section 23 (1) of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act of 1893 conferred a right to vote on 'every male person, being a natural born [British] subject, who shall have resided or had his principal place of abode in New South Wales for a continuous period of one year'. The sixteenth parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 5 July 1895 by the Governor, Lord Hampden, on the advice of the Premier, George Reid.

| New South Wales colonial election, 24 July 1895 Legislative Assembly << 1894–1898 >> | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Enrolled voters | 253,125 | | | | | | | Votes cast | 151,680 | | Turnout | 59.92 | −18.64 | | | Informal votes | 1,354 | | Informal | 0.88 | −0.74 | | | Summary of votes by party | | | | | | | | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | | | | Free Trade | 56,347 | 37.15 | +6.81 | 58 | +8 | | | Protectionist | 50,703 | 33.43 | +5.74 | 42 | +5 | | | Labor | 20,028 | 13.20 | −3.29 | 18 | +3 | | | Ind. Free Trade | 11,096 | 7.32 | –4.29 | 4 | −7 | | | Ind. Protectionist | 6,547 | 4.32 | −2.86 | 2 | −2 | | | Independent | 5,107 | 3.37 | +2.41 | 0 | ±0 | | | Independent Labor | 1,852 | 1.22 | −4.50 | 1 | −7 | | Total | 151,680 | | | 125 | | |

• Candidates of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898