This is a list of candidates for the 1887 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 4 February to 26 February 1887.
This was the first election at which there were recognisable political parties in New South Wales: the Free Trade Party of Premier Sir Henry Parkes, and the Protectionist Party. In general, candidates classified as independent protectionists were protectionists who supported Parkes, while independent free traders were free traders who opposed him.
Retiring Members Bourke MLAs Russell Barton and William Sawers had resigned on 2 December 1886 and a poll held, however parliament was dissolved before the writ was returned.
Ezekiel Baker MLA (Carcoar) Edmund Barton MLA (East Sydney) – appointed to Legislative Council Alexander Bolton MLA (Murrumbidgee) Michael Burke MLA (Tamworth) Robert Butcher MLA (Paddington) Charles Collins MLA (Namoi) Walter Coonan MLA (Forbes) John Cramsie MLA (Balranald) Mark Hammond MLA (Canterbury) Patrick Hogan MLA (Richmond) Frederick Humphery MLA (Shoalhaven) Sir Patrick Jennings MLA (Bogan) William Judd MLA (Canterbury) Lewis Lloyd MLA (West Macquarie) Joseph Olliffe MLA (South Sydney) William Proctor MLA (New England) Edward Quin MLA (Wentworth) Septimus Stephen MLA (Canterbury) Francis Tait MLA (Argyle) Robert White MLA (Gloucester) Thomas Williamson MLA (Redfern) Robert Wisdom MLA (Morpeth)
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.
ElectorateProtectionist candidatesFree Trade candidatesOther candidates Friday 4 February 1887St Leonards Isaac Ives* Sir Henry Parkes* Saturday 5 February 1887Balmain Thomas Belgrave Solomon Hyam Aaron Wheeler Jacob Garrard* John Hawthorne* Frank Smith* East Sydney William Traill Sydney Burdekin* William McMillan* George Reid* John Street* Glebe Stephen Byrne William Bailey Michael Chapman* John Meeks William Wilkinson* Goulburn William Teece* Newcastle James Fletcher* James Ellis* George Lloyd Newtown James Smith William Foster* Frederick Gibbes* Nicholas Hawken* Parramatta Hugh Taylor* Redfern Alfred Fremlin Peter Howe Arthur Renwick James Farnell* William Schey* William Stephen* John Sutherland* South Sydney Edward Bennett John Davies Archibald Forsyth Alfred Miller James Toohey* Alban Riley* Bernhard Wise* George Withers* Michael Simmons (Ind)West Sydney Arthur Nelson William Westman John Young Francis Abigail* Alexander Kethel* George Merriman* Daniel O'Connor* William Pritchard Monday 7 February 1887Nepean Samuel Lees* Thomas Smith (Ind FT)Wednesday 9 February 1887Bathurst Francis Suttor William Cortis* Hastings and Manning Walter Targett Charles Roberts* James Young* Orange Thomas Dalton* George Hawke William Clarke* Paddington William Allen Alfred Allen* John McLaughlin John Neild* John Shepherd William Trickett* Edwin Bottrell (Ind)Thursday 10 February 1887East Maitland James Brunker* Grafton John See* New England Henry Copeland* Charles Givney James Inglis* Friday 11 February 1887Albury George Day* William Smith Argyle Thomas Rose Edward Ball* William Holborow* Boorowa Thomas Slattery* Camden James Hanrahan Thomas Garrett* John Kidd William McCourt* Clarence John McFarlane* John Purves East Macquarie Paddy Crick Sydney Smith* James Tonkin* West Maitland Richard Thompson* Saturday 12 February 1887Canterbury John Watkin William Cameron Joseph Carruthers* William Davis* William Henson* Alexander Hutchison* Richard McCoy George Wallace John Wheeler James Wilshire Carcoar Francis Freehill Charles Garland* Charles Jeanneret* Central Cumberland Nathaniel Bull Frank Farnell* Andrew McCulloch* John Nobbs Varney Parkes* Hartley Brisbane Doyle John Young John Hurley* Richard Inch (Ind FT)Hawkesbury Alexander Bowman* John Griffin (Ind FT) Thomas Primrose (Ind)Hunter John Burns* Kiama Angus Cameron* Molong Andrew Ross* (Ind Prot)Monday 14 February 1887Braidwood Alexander Ryrie* John Lingen Forbes Joseph Reymond Alfred Stokes* Henry Cooke* Patrick's Plains Albert Gould* Shoalhaven William Lovegrove William Martin* Tuesday 15 February 1887Hume James Hayes* William Lyne* Mudgee John Carden Richard Rouse William Wall* Reginald Black* John Haynes Adolphus Taylor* Wednesday 16 February 1887Grenfell Robert Vaughn* A L Park Gundagai Robert Newman Jack Want* (Ind FT)Gunnedah Thomas Goodwin* J Poole Morpeth John Bowes* Myles McRae Thursday 17 February 1887Eden Henry Clarke* James Garvan* Gwydir Thomas Hassall* Northumberland Andrew Love Ninian Melville* John Osborne Thomas Walker* Nicholas Downing Joseph Creer* (Ind Prot)West Macquarie Paddy Crick John Hughes Fergus Smith* Friday 18 February 1887Illawarra Andrew Lysaght Francis Woodward* Upper Hunter William Abbott Robert Fitzgerald* Thomas Hungerford John McElhone* Saturday 19 February 1887Glen Innes Alexander Hutchison George Matheson* Inverell George Cruickshank Samuel Moore* Queanbeyan Edward O'Sullivan* George Tompsitt Tumut Travers Jones* Nathaniel Emanuel Wellington David Ferguson* W J Hill Wollombi Richard Stevenson* George Watt Yass Plains Thomas Colls* Henry Donaldson Young James Mackinnon* Gerald Spring James Gordon* William Lucas Monday 21 February 1887Tamworth William Dowel* Robert Levien* Eustace Pratt William Tribe Tenterfield William Richardson Charles Lee* Tuesday 22 February 1887Bourke William Willis Thomas Waddell* Alexander Wilson* Namoi George Dale Thomas Dangar* Wednesday 23 February 1887Bogan Rene Berteaux George Cass John Kelly* Joseph Penzer* Gloucester George Perry John Hart John McLaughlin Jonathan Seaver* Macleay Robert Smith* Enoch Rudder (Ind Prot)Thursday 24 February 1887Balranald Alexander Cameron (Ind) Allen Lakeman* (Ind Prot) Robert Wilkinson* (Ind FT)Murrumbidgee John Gale* James Gormly* Robert Reynolds George Dibbs* (Ind FT)Friday 25 February 1887Monaro Henry Dawson* Harold Stephen Herbert Elles Thomas O'Mara* (Ind Prot)Saturday 26 February 1887Durham Herbert Brown* John Wade (Ind FT)Murray Robert Barbour* John Chanter* William Virgoe Richmond Frederick Crouch* Thomas Ewing* James Barrie R E De B Lopez Wentworth Joseph Abbott* Thomas Browne William Fergusson William MacGregor* (Ind FT)
See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1887–1889
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