This is a list of candidates for the 1889 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 1 February to 16 February 1889.
Retiring Members
Protectionist Frederick Crouch MLA (Richmond) John Gale MLA (Murray) Robert Smith MLA (Macleay)
Free Trade Angus Cameron MLA (Kiama) William Cortis MLA (Bathurst) William Davis MLA (Canterbury) William Henson MLA (Canterbury) Isaac Ives MLA (St Leonards) Alexander Kethel MLA (West Sydney) William Martin MLA (Shoalhaven) George Matheson MLA (Glen Innes) John McElhone MLA (Upper Hunter) George Merriman MLA (West Sydney) Samuel Moore MLA (Inverell) Joseph Penzer MLA (Bogan) Fergus Smith MLA (West Macquarie) William Wilkinson MLA (Glebe) Alexander Wilson MLA (Bourke) George Withers MLA (South Sydney)
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 candidatesFree Trade candidates Friday 1 February 1889Murrumbidgee 3 Protectionist David Copland* George Dibbs* James Gormly* Alfred Miller Alexander Smith George WilsonSaturday 2 February 1889Albury Protectionist George Day John Wilkinson* Argyle 2 Free Trade Solomon Meyer Thomas Rose Edward Ball* William Holborow* Balmain 3 Free Trade 1 New David Buchanan William Hutchinson Solomon Hyam William Inglis George Clubb* Jacob Garrard* John Hawthorne* Frank Smith* Bathurst Free Trade Francis Suttor William Paul* Boorowa Protectionist Thomas Slattery* Canterbury 4 Free Trade Wilfred Blacket Alexander Ralston John Watkin Joseph Carruthers* Alexander Hutchison* John Wheeler* James Wilshire*East Sydney 4 Free Trade Joseph Abbott Thomas O'Mara Sydney Burdekin* William McMillan* George Reid* John Street*Eden 2 Protectionist Henry Clarke* James Garvan* Nicholas DowningGlebe 2 Free Trade Michael Conlon Percy Lucas Michael Chapman* Bruce Smith*Goulburn Free Trade John Osborne William Teece*Molong Protectionist Andrew Ross* Newcastle 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade 1 New Alexander Brown* James Fletcher* William Grahame* Henry Brown James Ellis Charles StokesNewtown 3 Free Trade James Angus Richard Bellemey James Smith Joseph Abbott* Nicholas Hawken* Edmund Molesworth*Orange 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade Thomas Dalton* James Torpy* William Clarke H M WoodhousePaddington 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade 1 New William Allen John McLaughlin John Neild John Walsh Robert Watkins Alfred Allen* Robert King* John Shepherd* Jack Want*Queanbeyan Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan* Andrew CunninghamRedfern 4 Free Trade David Davis Charles Goodchap* Peter Howe* William Schey Thomas Williamson George Anderson John Beveridge William Stephen* John Sutherland*St Leonards 2 Free Trade 1 New J G Griffin John Burns* Edward Clark Joseph Cullen* Sir Henry Parkes*South Sydney 1 Protectionist 3 Free Trade Walter Edmunds* James Toohey* William Traill* John Wright James Martin* George Pile Alban Riley Bernhard WiseTumut Protectionist Travers Jones* Walter VivianWellington Protectionist David Ferguson* Michael O'Halloran H N MontaguWest Sydney 4 Free Trade Francis Freehill Arthur Nelson John Wearne John Young Francis Abigail* Alfred Lamb* Daniel O'Connor* Thomas Playfair*Yass Plains Protectionist Thomas Colls* Monday 4 February 1889Balranald 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade Allen Lakeman* Robert Wilkinson* Braidwood Protectionist Alexander Ryrie* John Lingen Clarence Protectionist John McFarlane* East Maitland Free Trade James Brunker*Grafton Protectionist Richard Becher John See* Grenfell Protectionist Robert Vaughn George Greene*Gwydir Protectionist Thomas Hassall* Hume 2 Protectionist James Hayes* William Lyne* Murray 2 Protectionist Robert Barbour* John Chanter* New England 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade Henry Copeland* Charles Givney William Proctor James Inglis*Northumberland 3 Protectionist Joseph Creer* Ninian Melville* Thomas Walker* Josiah WrightTamworth 2 Protectionist William Dowel* Robert Levien* William TribeUpper Hunter 2 Free Trade William Abbott* Robert Fitzgerald* Thomas Hungerford Thursday 7 February 1889Monaro 2 Protectionist Henry Dawson* Harold Stephen* David MyersSaturday 9 February 1889Camden 2 Free Trade 1 New James Hanrahan John Kidd* William Richardson Thomas Garrett* J Hodgson William McCourt* John Pidgeon Carcoar 2 Free Trade Denis Donnelly Alfred Fremlin Charles Garland* John Plumb*Central Cumberland 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade 1 New Nathaniel Bull Alban Gee Warden Graves John Thorpe Frank Farnell* John Linsley* John Nobbs* Robert Ritchie*Gundagai Free Trade John Barnes* John McLaughlin Gunnedah Free Trade Harold Tilley Edwin TurnerHartley Free Trade J P T Caulfield Richard Inch John Hurley*Hastings and Manning 2 Free Trade Hugh McKinnon John Ruthven Charles Roberts* James Young*Hunter Free Trade William Turner Robert Scobie*Illawarra 1 Free Trade 1 New Frederic Jones Andrew Lysaght William Wiley Joseph Mitchell* Francis Woodward*Inverell Free Trade George Cruickshank* Alexander RiddelKiama Free Trade John Roseby Tom Cole George Fuller*Morpeth Protectionist John Bowes Myles McRae* John ClarkeMudgee 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade Thomas Browne G W Townsend William Wall* Reginald Black* John Haynes* V KellyNepean Free Trade Thomas Smith Samuel Lees*Parramatta Free Trade Charles Byrnes Hugh Taylor*Patrick's Plains Free Trade William Browne Albert Gould*West Maitland Free Trade Thomas Hungerford Richard Thompson*Wollombi Free Trade Richard Stevenson* Fred WalshYoung 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade John Gough* James Mackinnon* John Miller James Gordon William LucasWednesday 13 February 1889Bogan 2 Free Trade 1 New William Alison* George Cass* John Kelly John Ryrie William A'Beckett* Julius Caro Bourke 2 Free Trade 1 New W H Daniell William Davis* Austin O'Grady Thomas Waddell* William Willis* George GriffithsForbes 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade George Hutchinson Alfred Stokes* Henry Cooke* Francis Cotton Namoi Free Trade William Buchanan Thomas Dangar*Richmond 2 Protectionist William Bourke Thomas Ewing* Bruce Nicoll* John Perry* Shoalhaven Free Trade William Lovegrove Philip Morton*Sturt Protectionist Wyman Brown* Charles O'Neill Wentworth Protectionist Joseph Abbott* Wilcannia Protectionist Edward Dickens* Charles FartiereFriday 16 February 1889Durham Free Trade John Wade Herbert Brown*East Macquarie 2 Free Trade Francis Suttor Sydney Smith* James Tonkin*Glen Innes 1 Free Trade 1 New William Fergusson Alexander Hutchison* Francis Wright* Walter VivianGloucester Free Trade Richard Price John Hart Jonathan Seaver*Hawkesbury Free Trade Thomas Rose Alexander Bowman*Macleay 1 Protectionist 1 New Otho Dangar* Phillip Hill Patrick Hogan* Frederick Panton Enoch Rudder Alfred Salmon Charles Jeanneret Edmund WoodhouseTenterfield Free Trade Richard Stuart Charles Lee*West Macquarie Free Trade Paddy Crick Bernhard Wise
See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1889–1891
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