Rozelle was a new seat that consisted of parts of the abolished set of
Balmain South and
Annandale. The member for Balmain South was
Sydney Law who initially won that seat as a Labour candidate, before resigning and winning the seat as an Independent Labour candidate at the
1902 Balmain South by-election and contesting this election as an endorsed Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Annandale was
William Mahony (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.