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Candidates of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election

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This is a list of candidates for the 1885 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 16 October to 31 October 1885.

This was the last election at which there was no recognisable party structure.

Retiring members

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Legislative Assembly

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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
Friday 16 October 1885
Albury George Day Luke Gulson
Balmain Jacob Garrard
John Hawthorne
Solomon Hyam
Edward Buchanan
Samuel Davison
Maurice Fitzharding
Canterbury Mark Hammond
William Henson
William Judd
Septimus Stephen
Alexander Hutchison
Richard McCoy
Alban Riley
Thomas Robertson
East Maitland James Brunker
East Sydney Edmund Barton
Sydney Burdekin
Henry Copeland
George Reid
George Brown
George Griffiths
Samuel Lees
Glebe John Meeks
William Wilkinson
William Bailey
Michael Chapman
Hartley Walter Targett Brisbane Doyle
Kiama Harman Tarrant Philip Holdsworth
Nepean Thomas Smith Thomas Cross
Newcastle James Fletcher
George Lloyd
James Ellis
Newtown William Foster
Frederick Gibbes
James Smith
Richard Bellemey
Nicholas Hawken
Joseph Mitchell
Northumberland Joseph Creer
Ninian Melville
Joseph Gorrick
Richard Luscombe
George Perry
Thomas Walker
Paddington Robert Butcher
John Neild
William Trickett
Alfred Allen
Charles Cansdell
Charles Hellmrich
John McLaughlin
Parramatta Hugh Taylor William Ferris
Redfern Arthur Renwick
John Sutherland
Thomas Williamson
John Martin
William Stephen
Francis Wright
St Leonards Isaac Ives
Sir Henry Parkes
Edward Clark
George Dibbs
South Sydney John Davies
Archibald Forsyth
Joseph Olliffe
James Toohey
Alfred Miller
Edward O'Sullivan
William Poole
William Richardson
George Withers
West Maitland Richard Thompson Walter Edmunds
West Sydney Francis Abigail
Alexander Kethel
Daniel O'Connor
John Young
Angus Cameron
George Merriman
Saturday 17 October 1885
Orange William Clarke
Thomas Dalton
Valentine Heaton
Monday 19 October 1885
Boorowa Thomas Slattery Argyle McCallum
Camden Thomas Garrett
John Kidd
Henry Badgery
Glen Innes William Fergusson Alexander Hutchison
W O Pomeroy
Gunnedah Joseph Abbott Ethelbert Clemesha
Hawkesbury Alexander Bowman Henry McQuade
Illawarra Andrew Lysaght William Wiley
Francis Woodward
Inverell Samuel Moore Richard Murray
Macleay Robert Smith Otho Dangar
Shoalhaven Frederick Humphery
Yass Plains Louis Heydon Richard Colonna-Close
Tuesday 20 October 1885
Clarence John Purves Allen Cameron
Richard Stevenson
Grafton John See
Hastings and Manning Charles Roberts
James Young
Hugh McKinnon
G W Tait
Wellington David Ferguson E Bennett
Paddy Crick
Wednesday 21 October 1885
Tamworth Michael Burke
Robert Levien
William Dowel
John Gill
A H Sampson
Thursday 22 October 1885
Argyle William Holborow
Francis Tait
Edward Ball
Forbes Walter Coonan
Alfred Stokes
Henry Cooke
Grenfell Robert Vaughn E B Whelan
Gundagai Jack Want Gerard Phillips
Morpeth Robert Wisdom Robert Pierce
West Macquarie Lewis Lloyd James Fitzpatrick
Young Gerald Spring
William Watson
James Mackinnon
Friday 23 October 1885
Bathurst Francis Suttor John Meagher
Braidwood Alexander Ryrie Angus Cameron
Carcoar Ezekiel Baker
Charles Garland
Francis Freehill
Gwydir William Campbell Thomas Dangar
Hume James Hayes
William Lyne
Edmund Bond
John Gale
Hunter John Burns
Mudgee Thomas Browne
Sir John Robertson
Adolphus Taylor
Louis Beyers
John Hurley
Queanbeyan Edward O'Sullivan William Affleck
Percy Hodgkinson
William O'Neill
John Wright
Saturday 24 October 1885
Gloucester Robert White
Monday 26 October 1885
Bogan George Cass
Sir Patrick Jennings
John Kelly
Bourke Russell Barton
William Sawers
Richard Machattie
Austin O'Grady
Durham Herbert Brown William Johnston
East Macquarie Sydney Smith
John Shepherd
John Hughes
James Tonkin
Namoi Charles Collins William Wright
Upper Hunter Robert Fitzgerald
Thomas Hungerford
John McElhone
Tuesday 27 October 1885
Goulburn William Teece
Wednesday 28 October 1885
Balranald John Cramsie
Robert Wilkinson
Allen Lakeman
Patrick's Plains Albert Gould William Browne
Richmond Thomas Ewing
Patrick Hogan
Frederick Crouch
George Dibbs
Thursday 29 October 1885
Central Cumberland Nathaniel Bull
Andrew McCulloch
Varney Parkes
Frank Farnell
Cyrus Fuller
Charles Scrivener
Henry Statham
Eden Henry Clarke
James Garvan
Henry Walker
Molong Andrew Ross Fergus Smith
Murray Robert Barbour
John Chanter
Alexander Wilson
Friday 30 October 1885
Monaro Henry Dawson
Harold Stephen
H M Joseph
Henry Merrett
Thomas O'Mara
Tenterfield Charles Lee
Tumut Travers Jones Nathaniel Emanuel
James Hoskins
Saturday 31 October 1885
Murrumbidgee Alexander Bolton
George Dibbs
James Gormly
Frank Cowley
James Douglas
New England James Inglis
William Proctor
William Dowel
William Drew
Charles Givney
Wentworth William MacGregor
Edward Quin
Wollombi Lyall Scott George Anderson
A S Jaques
Walter Vivian

See also

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References

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  • Green, Antony. "1885 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.