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

Protectionist William Alison MLA (Bogan) Wyman Brown MLA (Sturt) Myles McRae MLA (Morpeth) Alfred Stokes MLA (Forbes)

Free Trade Charles Garland MLA (Carcoar) Thomas Garrett MLA (Camden) Alexander Hutchison MLA (Canterbury) Joseph Mitchell MLA (Illawarra) John Shepherd MLA (Paddington) Edwin Turner MLA (Gunnedah) James Wilshire MLA (Canterbury) Francis Woodward MLA (Illawarra)

Independent Adolphus Taylor MLA (West Sydney) Cecil Teece MLA (Goulburn)

Legislative Assembly 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.

ElectorateHeld byProtectionist candidateFree Trade candidateLabor candidateOther candidates Wednesday 17 June 1891Balmain 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 1891Albury 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 1891Argyle 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 1891Grafton 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 1891Boorowa 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 1891New England 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade 1 New Henry Copeland* William Proctor Charles Wilson James Inglis* Edmund Lonsdale* George Meallin Friday 26 June 1891Namoi 1 Free Trade 1 New Charles Collins* John Mackay Job Sheldon* Wentworth Protectionist Joseph Abbott* (Ind Speaker)Saturday 27 June 1891Durham 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 1891Balranald 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 1891Hume 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 1891Bourke 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 Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1891–1894

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