Candidates of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1880 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 17 November to 2 December 1880.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members edit

Legislative Assembly edit

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted.

Electorates are arranged chronologically from the day the poll was held. Because of the sequence of polling, some sitting members who were defeated in their constituencies were then able to contest other constituencies later in the polling period. On the second occasion, these members are shown in italic text.

Electorate Successful candidates Unsuccessful candidates
Wednesday 17 November 1880
East Sydney Henry Dangar
Sir Henry Parkes
George Reid
Arthur Renwick
Isaac Josephson
Samuel Lees
Charles Moore
Charles Roberts
Thursday 18 November 1880
Glebe George Allen James Graham
Goulburn William Teece
Morpeth Robert Wisdom
Paddington William Hezlet
William Trickett
William Allen
J A Carroll
Parramatta Charles Byrnes Hugh Taylor
South Sydney George Carter
John Davies
William Poole
George Withers
John Fitzgerald
Edward Horden
Joseph Olliffe
Alexander Steel
Aaron Wheeler
Friday 19 November 1880
Balmain Jacob Garrard Albert Elkington
Charles Mossman
John Taylor
Bathurst Francis Suttor William Butler
Redfern Alfred Fremlin
John Sutherland
Patrick Hogan
Patrick Stanley
Saturday 20 November 1880
Albury George Day
Camden Thomas Garrett
John Kidd
Joseph Leary
William McCourt
Thomas Robertson
Tumut James Hoskins William Spicer
Monday 22 November 1880
Canterbury William Henson
William Pigott
Alfred Allen
Thomas Courtney
Myles McRae
George Moss
George Pile
Carcoar Ezekiel Baker
Andrew Lynch
William Suttor
Central Cumberland John Lackey
Andrew McCulloch
Thomas Wearne
Durham Herbert Brown William Johnston
Nepean Thomas Smith
Newcastle James Fletcher
George Lloyd
Richard Bowker
James Ellis
Newtown Stephen Brown
William Foster
Joseph Mitchell
John Young
Queanbeyan James Thompson Percy Hodgkinson
St Leonards James Farnell Bernhardt Holtermann
Tenterfield John Dillon William Christie
West Sydney Francis Abigail
Angus Cameron
William Martin
Daniel O'Connor
David Buchanan
John Harris
John Harris, Sr.
Charles Roberts
William Roylance
Thomas White
Young James Watson
William Watson
Patrick Crowe
John Heaton
Tuesday 23 November 1880
Clarence John Purves
East Macquarie Edward Combes
Edmund Webb
Sydney Smith
Hunter John Burns John Nowlan
Macleay Robert Smith
Shoalhaven John Roseby Frederick Humphery
Yass Plains Michael Fitzpatrick Henry Dodds
Wednesday 24 November 1880
East Maitland James Brunker
Glen Innes William Fergusson Edward Bennett
Illawarra Alexander Stuart
Namoi Thomas Dangar
Orange William Clarke
Andrew Kerr
Thomas Dalton
Richmond Charles Fawcett
Wollombi Joseph Eckford Joseph Gorrick
Robert Higgins
Thursday 25 November 1880
Patrick's Plains John Brown William Browne
West Maitland James Fulford Henry Cohen
Friday 26 November 1880
Argyle William Holborow
Phillip G. Myers
William Connolly
Louis Heydon
John Walsh
Eden Henry Clarke
James Garvan
Alexander Hutchison
W A Manning
Grafton John See Richard Stevenson
Hartley Robert Abbott John Hurley (b 1844)
Walter Targett
Hawkesbury Alexander Bowman Henry McQuade
Molong Andrew Ross John Smith
Northumberland Ninian Melville
William Turner
Thomas Dalveen
Thomas Hungerford
Saturday 27 November 1880
Forbes John Bodel
Henry Cooke
Walter Coonan
George Moore
Charles St Baker
Alfred Stokes
Gloucester Archibald Jacob Charles Readett
Hastings and Manning Joseph Andrews
James Young
William Gill
Daniel Macquarie
Charles McDonnell
William Richardson
Henry Zions
Kiama Harman Tarrant
West Macquarie Charles Pilcher Alfred Pechey
Monday 29 November 1880
Boorowa Thomas Slattery Albert Middleton
Braidwood Alexander Ryrie Edward Greville
Grenfell Robert Vaughn J B Donkin
George Greene
Gunnedah Joseph Abbott Thomas Browne
Hume Leyser Levin
William Lyne
Edmund Bond
Philip Gell
Inverell Richard Murray G R Maclean
Wellington Edmund Barton
Tuesday 30 November 1880
Bogan George Cass
Patrick Jennings
William Forlonge
William Shorter
Bourke Russell Barton Joseph Olliffe
Gundagai William Forster Frederick Pinkstone
Samuel Swift
Gwydir William Campbell
Upper Hunter John McElhone
John McLaughlin
William Clendinning
Wednesday 1 December 1880
Mudgee Louis Beyers
David Buchanan
Samuel Terry
Joseph O'Connor
Richard Rouse
Murrumbidgee James Douglas
George Loughnan
Auber Jones
Thursday 2 December 1880
Balranald John Cramsie
Robert Wilkinson
John O'Ryan
James Warby
Monaro Henry Badgery
Robert Tooth
W T Cohen
John Toohey
Murray William Hay
Alexander Wilson
Robert Barbour
Edward Killen
New England Henry Copeland
William Proctor
Jeremiah O'Connell
Tamworth Sydney Burdekin
Robert Levien
Hanley Bennett
Michael Burke
Wentworth William Brodribb

See also edit

References edit

  • Green, Antony. "1880 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.