Candidates of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1891 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 17 June to 3 July 1891.

Retiring Members

edit

Protectionist

edit

Free Trade

edit

Independent

edit

Legislative Assembly

edit

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and marked with an asterisk (*).

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 Held by Protectionist candidate Free Trade candidate Labor candidate Other candidates
Wednesday 17 June 1891
Balmain 4 Free Trade William Burns
Samuel Davison
Solomon Hyam
Angus Mackey
George Clubb
Jacob Garrard
John Hawthorne
Frank Smith
George Clark*
Edward Darnley*
James Johnston*
William Murphy*
Robert Cropley (Ind FT)
Bathurst Free Trade Francis Suttor* William Paul
Canterbury 4 Free Trade William Webster Joseph Carruthers*
William Henson
Griffith Russell-Jones
John Wheeler*
Thomas Bavister*
Cornelius Danahey*
John Grant
James Eve (Ind FT)
Central Cumberland 4 Free Trade Walter Airey
Cyrus Fuller
David Dale*
Frank Farnell*
John Nobbs*
Robert Ritchie*
John Gannon
John Marshall
John Ferguson (Ind FT)
John Forsyth (Ind FT)
Thomas Taylor (Ind FT)
East Maitland Free Trade John Rigg James Brunker*
East Sydney 1 Protectionist
3 Free Trade
Edmund Barton*
Walter Bradley
William Manning
William McMillan*
Varney Parkes*
William Grantham George Reid* (Ind FT)
Glebe 2 Free Trade Michael Conlon Michael Chapman
Bruce Smith*
Thomas Houghton* John Meeks (Ind FT)
Fred Walsh (Ind FT)
Goulburn Independent Albert Lansdowne Frederick Furner Aiden Doyle
Leslie Hollis*
Hawkesbury Free Trade Alexander Bowman*
William Morgan
Morpeth Protectionist John Bowes*
John Courtney
William Arnold
Malcolm Martin
Nepean Free Trade Thomas Smith Samuel Lees*
Newcastle 2 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
Alexander Brown
William Grahame*
Thomas Hungerford
James Curley
George Webb
John Fegan*
David Scott*
Newtown 3 Free Trade
1 New
Richard Bellemy
Wilfred Blacket
James Smith
Joseph Abbott*
Nicholas Hawken
Edmund Molesworth*
John Salmon
Francis Cotton*
John Hindle*
Marcus Clark (Ind FT)
Thomas Midelton (Ind)
Paddington 4 Free Trade William Allen
William Martin
James Roberts
Alfred Allen*
Charles Hellmrich
Robert King
James Marks*
John Neild*
George Dyson Jack Want* (Ind FT)
Parramatta Free Trade William Ferris Tom Moxham
Hugh Taylor*
Redfern 3 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
George Garton
Peter Howe
Henry Hoyle*
William Schey*
George Anderson
John Beveridge
William Manuell
William Stephen
James McGowen*
William Sharp*
William Coombes (Ind FT)
St Leonards 3 Free Trade Francis Punch John Burns
Joseph Cullen*
Sir Henry Parkes*
Edward Clark* Jonathan Seaver (Ind FT)
South Sydney 3 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
George Dibbs
Walter Edmunds
James Toohey*
William Traill*
Edward Foxall
James Martin*
John McDonagh
Bernhard Wise*
Frederick Flowers
William Higgs
West Maitland Free Trade Hugh Lusk John Gillies*
Richard Thompson
West Sydney 3 Free Trade
1 Independent
John Young Francis Abigail
Daniel O'Connor
Thomas Playfair
Frederick Woolcott-Waley
George Black*
Thomas Davis*
Jack FitzGerald*
Andrew Kelly*
Friday 19 June 1891
Albury Protectionist John Wilkinson* Luke Gulson
Carcoar 2 Free Trade Ezekiel Baker
Denis Donnelly*
Alfred Fremlin
Charles Jeanneret*
John Plumb
East Macquarie 2 Free Trade Alfred Hales Sydney Smith*
James Tonkin*
Hunter Free Trade John Connelly
James Pritchard
Robert Scobie*
Kiama Free Trade Thomas Kennedy George Fuller*
Patrick's Plains Free Trade Alfred de Lissa Albert Gould*
Shoalhaven Free Trade Philip Morton* John Maclean
Tenterfield Free Trade Charles Lee*
Saturday 20 June 1891
Argyle 2 Free Trade Edward Graham
Thomas Rose*
Edward Ball
William Holborow*
Camden 1 Protectionist
2 Free Trade
James Hanrahan
John Kidd*
William Richardson
John Walters
William Cullen*
William McCourt*
John Morris
John Campbell (Ind FT)
Hartley 1 Free Trade
1 New
Evan Jones George Donald*
John Hurley
Charles Passmore
John Tabrett
Joseph Cook* Thomas Richardson (Ind)
Hastings and Manning 2 Free Trade Hugh McKinnon*
John Ruthven
Walter Vivian
James Young*
Orange 2 Protectionist Thomas Dalton
James Torpy*
Patrick Bourke
Harry Newman*
Wellington Protectionist Michael O'Halloran
Thomas Quirk
Thomas York*
West Macquarie Protectionist Paddy Crick* Charles Boyd
Monday 22 June 1891
Grafton Protectionist John See*
Macleay 2 Protectionist L L Boshell
Patrick Hogan*
John McLaughlin
Enoch Rudder
Otho Dangar* (Ind Prot)
Mudgee 1 Protectionist
2 Free Trade
George Waldron
William Wall*
Reginald Black James Cook John Haynes* (Ind FT)
Robert Jones* (Ind FT)
Wednesday 24 June 1891
Boorowa Protectionist Malcolm Burns
Thomas Slattery*
Albert Middleton
Braidwood Protectionist Austin Chapman*
Alexander Ryrie
George Tompsitt
Clarence Protectionist John McFarlane*
Eden 2 Protectionist Henry Clarke*
James Garvan*
William Neilley William Boot (Ind Prot)
Richard Crabb (Ind Prot)
Forbes 1 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
Joseph Reymond Henry Cooke Albert Gardiner*
George Hutchinson*
Illawarra 2 Free Trade Andrew Lysaght* Thomas Bissell
Archibald Campbell
Frederick Franklin
John Nicholson*
Inverell Protectionist George Cruickshank*
Northumberland 3 Protectionist Joseph Creer
Ninian Melville*
Thomas Walker*
Alfred Edden*
James Thomson
Queanbeyan Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan* Alfred Conroy
Richmond 3 Protectionist Richard Luscombe
George Martin
Samuel Northcote
James Stock
Thomas Ewing* (Ind Prot)
Bruce Nicoll* (Ind Prot)
John Perry* (Ind Prot)
Tamworth 2 Protectionist William Dowel*
Robert Levien*
William Tribe Raymond Walsh
Tumut Protectionist Travers Jones Edward Brown*
Upper Hunter 2 Protectionist William Abbott
Robert Fitzgerald*
John McElhone
Frederick Morris
Thomas Williams*
Yass Plains Protectionist Thomas Colls*
Bernard Grogan
William Affleck Gustavus Herfort
Thursday 25 June 1891
New England 1 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
1 New
Henry Copeland*
William Proctor
Charles Wilson
James Inglis*
Edmund Lonsdale*
George Meallin
Friday 26 June 1891
Namoi 1 Free Trade
1 New
Charles Collins*
John Mackay
Job Sheldon*
Wentworth Protectionist Joseph Abbott* (Ind Speaker)
Saturday 27 June 1891
Durham Free Trade James Boydell
William Donnelly
Herbert Brown*
Glen Innes 2 Protectionist Alexander Hutchison*
Christopher Legh
Francis Wright*
George Simpson
Gloucester Free Trade Richard Price John Hart*
Grenfell Free Trade James Gibson Thomas Bembrick
George Greene
Robert Vaughn*
Gundagai Protectionist John Barnes* Henry Deakin
Gunnedah Free Trade Thomas Browne
Michael Burke
Robert Doolan
John Kirkpatrick*
Young 2 Protectionist James Gordon
William Lucas
John Gough*
James Mackinnon*
Monday 29 June 1891
Balranald 1 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
Alexander Cameron
Allen Lakeman
Robert Wilkinson* James Newton*
Bogan 2 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
George Cass*
Tottenham Richardson
William Wilkinson
William A'Beckett
Robert Booth*
Francis Conder
James Morgan*
John Prince
Molong Protectionist Andrew Ross* John Hurley Cornelius Lindsay
Murray 2 Protectionist Robert Barbour*
John Chanter*
George Chandler
Murrumbidgee 3 Protectionist David Copland
George Dibbs*
James Gormly*
Patrick Heffernan
John Peadon Arthur Rae*
Wollombi Protectionist Richard Stevenson* Joseph Gorrick
Tuesday 30 June 1891
Hume 2 Protectionist James Hayes*
Sidney Lindeman
William Lyne*
John O'Brien
Walter Harper
Monaro 2 Protectionist Henry Dawson*
Gus Miller*
Charles Welch
Daniel O'Connor
Sturt Protectionist John Cann*
Wilcannia Protectionist Edward Dickens*
Friday 3 July 1891
Bourke 3 Protectionist William Davis
Peter Howe*
Austin O'Grady
Thomas Waddell
William Willis*
Edward Millen Hugh Langwell* (Ind Lab)
Gwydir Protectionist Thomas Hassall* Leonard Court

See also

edit

References

edit
  • Green, Antony. "1891 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.