Candidates of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election

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

David Buchanan MLA (Mudgee) George Campbell MLA (Carcoar) Henry Cohen MLA (West Maitland) Edward Combes MLA (East Macquarie) George De Salis MLA (Queanbeyan) James Farnell MLA (New England) — appointed to the Legislative Council Alfred Fremlin MLA (Redfern) Samuel Gray MLA (Richmond) John Harris MLA (South Sydney) William Hutchinson MLA (Balmain) Auber Jones MLA (Murrumbidgee) Leyser Levin MLA (Hume) George Loughnan MLA (Murrumbidgee) William McCourt MLA (Camden) David Ryrie MLA (Monaro) Sir Alexander Stuart MLA (Illawarra) James Watson MLA (Gundagai)

Legislative Assembly 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.

ElectorateSuccessful candidatesUnsuccessful candidatesFriday 16 October 1885Albury George Day Luke GulsonBalmain Jacob Garrard John Hawthorne Solomon Hyam Edward Buchanan Samuel Davison Maurice FitzhardingCanterbury Mark Hammond William Henson William Judd Septimus Stephen Alexander Hutchison Richard McCoy Alban Riley Thomas RobertsonEast Maitland James Brunker East Sydney Edmund Barton Sydney Burdekin Henry Copeland George Reid George Brown George Griffiths Samuel LeesGlebe John Meeks William Wilkinson William Bailey Michael ChapmanHartley Walter Targett Brisbane DoyleKiama Harman Tarrant Philip HoldsworthNepean Thomas Smith Thomas CrossNewcastle James Fletcher George Lloyd James EllisNewtown William Foster Frederick Gibbes James Smith Richard Bellemey Nicholas Hawken Joseph MitchellNorthumberland Joseph Creer Ninian Melville Joseph Gorrick Richard Luscombe George Perry Thomas WalkerPaddington Robert Butcher John Neild William Trickett Alfred Allen Charles Cansdell Charles Hellmrich John McLaughlinParramatta Hugh Taylor William FerrisRedfern Arthur Renwick John Sutherland Thomas Williamson John Martin William Stephen Francis WrightSt Leonards Isaac Ives Sir Henry Parkes Edward Clark George DibbsSouth Sydney John Davies Archibald Forsyth Joseph Olliffe James Toohey Alfred Miller Edward O'Sullivan William Poole William Richardson George WithersWest Maitland Richard Thompson Walter EdmundsWest Sydney Francis Abigail Alexander Kethel Daniel O'Connor John Young Angus Cameron George MerrimanSaturday 17 October 1885Orange William Clarke Thomas Dalton Valentine HeatonMonday 19 October 1885Boorowa Thomas Slattery Argyle McCallumCamden Thomas Garrett John Kidd Henry BadgeryGlen Innes William Fergusson Alexander Hutchison W O PomeroyGunnedah Joseph Abbott Ethelbert ClemeshaHawkesbury Alexander Bowman Henry McQuadeIllawarra Andrew Lysaght William Wiley Francis WoodwardInverell Samuel Moore Richard MurrayMacleay Robert Smith Otho DangarShoalhaven Frederick Humphery Yass Plains Louis Heydon Richard Colonna-CloseTuesday 20 October 1885Clarence John Purves Allen Cameron Richard StevensonGrafton John See Hastings and Manning Charles Roberts James Young Hugh McKinnon G W TaitWellington David Ferguson E Bennett Paddy CrickWednesday 21 October 1885Tamworth Michael Burke Robert Levien William Dowel John Gill A H SampsonThursday 22 October 1885Argyle William Holborow Francis Tait Edward BallForbes Walter Coonan Alfred Stokes Henry CookeGrenfell Robert Vaughn E B WhelanGundagai Jack Want Gerard PhillipsMorpeth Robert Wisdom Robert PierceWest Macquarie Lewis Lloyd James FitzpatrickYoung Gerald Spring William Watson James MackinnonFriday 23 October 1885Bathurst Francis Suttor John MeagherBraidwood Alexander Ryrie Angus CameronCarcoar Ezekiel Baker Charles Garland Francis FreehillGwydir William Campbell Thomas DangarHume James Hayes William Lyne Edmund Bond John GaleHunter John Burns Mudgee Thomas Browne Sir John Robertson Adolphus Taylor Louis Beyers John HurleyQueanbeyan Edward O'Sullivan William Affleck Percy Hodgkinson William O'Neill John WrightSaturday 24 October 1885Gloucester Robert White Monday 26 October 1885Bogan George Cass Sir Patrick Jennings John KellyBourke Russell Barton William Sawers Richard Machattie Austin O'GradyDurham Herbert Brown William JohnstonEast Macquarie Sydney Smith John Shepherd John Hughes James TonkinNamoi Charles Collins William WrightUpper Hunter Robert Fitzgerald Thomas Hungerford John McElhoneTuesday 27 October 1885Goulburn William Teece Wednesday 28 October 1885Balranald John Cramsie Robert Wilkinson Allen LakemanPatrick's Plains Albert Gould William BrowneRichmond Thomas Ewing Patrick Hogan Frederick Crouch George DibbsThursday 29 October 1885Central Cumberland Nathaniel Bull Andrew McCulloch Varney Parkes Frank Farnell Cyrus Fuller Charles Scrivener Henry StathamEden Henry Clarke James Garvan Henry WalkerMolong Andrew Ross Fergus SmithMurray Robert Barbour John Chanter Alexander WilsonFriday 30 October 1885Monaro Henry Dawson Harold Stephen H M Joseph Henry Merrett Thomas O'MaraTenterfield Charles Lee Tumut Travers Jones Nathaniel Emanuel James HoskinsSaturday 31 October 1885Murrumbidgee Alexander Bolton George Dibbs James Gormly Frank Cowley James DouglasNew England James Inglis William Proctor William Dowel William Drew Charles GivneyWentworth William MacGregor Edward Quin Wollombi Lyall Scott George Anderson A S Jaques Walter Vivian

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1885–1887

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