Candidates of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1882 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 30 November to 21 December 1882.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members

• Robert Abbott MLA (Hartley)
• Joseph Andrews MLA (Hastings and Manning)
• Louis Beyers MLA (Mudgee)
• John Bodel MLA (Forbes)
• John Brown MLA (Patrick's Plains)
• Charles Byrnes MLA (Parramatta)
• Henry Dangar MLA (East Sydney)
• Charles Fawcett MLA (Richmond)
• Augustus Fraser MLA (Tenterfield)
• James Fulford MLA (West Maitland)
• William Hay MLA (Murray)
• William Hezlet MLA (Paddington)
• Andrew Kerr MLA (Orange)
• Thomas Rutledge MLA (Queanbeyan)
• William Watson MLA (Young)

Legislative Assembly

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
Thursday 30 November 1882
East Sydney	Edmund Barton George Griffiths John McElhone George Reid	James Green Sir Henry Parkes Arthur Renwick
Newcastle	James Ellis James Fletcher	George Lloyd
Friday 1 December 1882
Glebe	George Allen	Michael Fitzpatrick
Goulburn	William Teece
Saturday 2 December 1882
Balmain	Jacob Garrard William Hutchinson	William Pritchard John Taylor
Bathurst	Francis Suttor	Thomas Hellyer
Camden	Thomas Garrett William McCourt	John Kidd
Newtown	Henry Copeland Frederick Gibbes	William Foster Joseph Mitchell
Paddington	Robert Butcher William Trickett	William Allen John Neild Ebenezer Vickery
Parramatta	Hugh Taylor	James Farnell Cyrus Fuller
South Sydney	John Harris Joseph Olliffe William Poole George Withers	Sydney Burdekin George Carter John Davies
Monday 4 December 1882
Albury	George Day	Luke Gulson James Hayes
Hunter	John Burns	William Richardson
Queanbeyan	George De Salis	Percy Hodgkinson John Wright
Redfern	Alfred Fremlin John Sutherland Francis Wright	Thomas Williamson
Young	James Mackinnon Gerald Spring	James Watson
Tuesday 5 December 1882
Central Cumberland	John Lackey Andrew McCulloch	Nathaniel Bull
Nepean	Thomas Smith	Joseph Single
St Leonards	George Dibbs Bernhardt Holtermann	Cunningham Atchison William Muston Sir Henry Parkes Philip Richardson
West Sydney	Francis Abigail Angus Cameron George Merriman Daniel O'Connor	William Martin Jeremiah Murphy Edward O'Sullivan Charles Pilcher
Wednesday 6 December 1882
Carcoar	George Campbell Andrew Lynch	Thomas Fitzpatrick
East Maitland	James Brunker
Orange	William Clarke Thomas Dalton	Benjamin Nelson James Torpy
Yass Plains	Louis Heydon	Henry Dodds
Thursday 7 December 1882
East Macquarie	Edward Combes Sydney Smith
Namoi	Thomas Dangar	R H Hyman
Patrick's Plains	Albert Gould	William Browne John Elliott James Hutchinson
Shoalhaven	Frederick Humphery	John Roseby
West Maitland	Henry Cohen	Richard Thompson
Friday 8 December 1882
Forbes	Walter Coonan Alfred Stokes	Henry Cooke
Grenfell	Robert Vaughn	E B Whelan
Macleay	Robert Smith	Enoch Rudder
Tenterfield	Sir Henry Parkes
Saturday 9 December 1882
Braidwood	Alexander Ryrie
Canterbury	Henry Moses William Pigott Septimus Stephen	William Archer Mark Hammond William Henson Joseph Mitchell
Durham	Herbert Brown
Grafton	John See
Illawarra	Alexander Stuart	James Watson
Inverell	Richard Murray	Thomas Jones Thomas Mayne
Northumberland	Ninian Melville Atkinson Tighe	William Christie
Richmond	Samuel Gray	Patrick Hogan
Tumut	Thomas O'Mara	Arthur Renwick
Monday 11 December 1882
Argyle	John Gannon William Holborow	George Ranken
Eden	Henry Clarke James Garvan
Hawkesbury	Henry McQuade	Alexander Bowman
Kiama	Harman Tarrant	John Davies
Mudgee	David Buchanan Sir John Robertson Adolphus Taylor	Thomas Browne George Davidson
Wellington	David Ferguson	William Shorter
Tuesday 12 December 1882
Clarence	John Purves	Richard Stevenson
Hastings and Manning	Charles Roberts James Young	Daniel Macquarie
Molong	Andrew Ross	Willoughby Andrew
Wollombi	Joseph Gorrick	Joseph Eckford
Wednesday 13 December 1882
Boorowa	Thomas Slattery
Gundagai	Bruce Smith	Frederick Pinkstone
Gwydir	William Campbell	Thomas Hassall
Hume	Leyser Levin William Lyne
Morpeth	Robert Wisdom	Archibald Jacob
Tamworth	John Gill Robert Levien	Michael Burke
West Macquarie	Thomas Hellyer
Thursday 14 December 1882
Hartley	Walter Targett	John Hughes George Lloyd Charles Passmore John Shepherd
Monaro	Henry Badgery Robert Tooth	John Toohey
Upper Hunter	John McElhone John McLaughlin	Thomas Hungerford James Wilshire
Saturday 16 December 1882
Murray	Robert Barbour Alexander Wilson	Thomas Hanson Edward Killen
New England	James Farnell William Proctor	Jeremiah O'Connell
Monday 18 December 1882
Murrumbidgee	Auber Jones George Loughnan	James Douglas
Wentworth	Edward Quin	Evan Evans
Tuesday 19 December 1882
Bogan	George Cass Sir Patrick Jennings	William Forlonge
Bourke	Russell Barton Richard Machattie	Thomas Matthews
Wednesday 20 December 1882
Balranald	John Cramsie Robert Wilkinson
Glen Innes	William Fergusson
Gunnedah	Joseph Abbott	William Douglass
Thursday 21 November 1882
Gloucester	Robert White	William Christie Henry Hudson William Johnston

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1882–1885

References

• Green, Antony. "1882 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.\