Candidates of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1880 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 17 November to 2 December 1880.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring members William Davies (Argyle) James Greenwood (East Sydney) John Hurley (b 1796) (Narellan) William Long (Parramatta) John Lucas (Canterbury) John Macintosh (East Sydney) James Merriman (West Sydney) Henry Moses (Hawkesbury) John Murphy (Monaro) Arthur Onslow (Camden) Colin Simson (Balranald)

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 candidatesWednesday 17 November 1880East Sydney Henry Dangar Sir Henry Parkes George Reid Arthur Renwick Isaac Josephson Samuel Lees Charles Moore Charles Roberts Thursday 18 November 1880Glebe George Allen James GrahamGoulburn William Teece Morpeth Robert Wisdom Paddington William Hezlet William Trickett William Allen J A Carroll Parramatta Charles Byrnes Hugh Taylor South Sydney George Carter John Davies William Poole George Withers John Fitzgerald Edward Horden Joseph Olliffe Alexander Steel Aaron WheelerFriday 19 November 1880Balmain Jacob Garrard Albert Elkington Charles Mossman John TaylorBathurst Francis Suttor William ButlerRedfern Alfred Fremlin John Sutherland Patrick Hogan Patrick StanleySaturday 20 November 1880Albury George Day Camden Thomas Garrett John Kidd Joseph Leary William McCourt Thomas RobertsonTumut James Hoskins William SpicerMonday 22 November 1880Canterbury William Henson William Pigott Alfred Allen Thomas Courtney Myles McRae George Moss George PileCarcoar Ezekiel Baker Andrew Lynch William SuttorCentral Cumberland John Lackey Andrew McCulloch Thomas WearneDurham Herbert Brown William JohnstonNepean Thomas Smith Newcastle James Fletcher George Lloyd Richard Bowker James EllisNewtown Stephen Brown William Foster Joseph Mitchell John YoungQueanbeyan James Thompson Percy HodgkinsonSt Leonards James Farnell Bernhardt HoltermannTenterfield John Dillon William ChristieWest Sydney Francis Abigail Angus Cameron William Martin Daniel O'Connor David Buchanan John Harris John Harris, Sr. Charles Roberts William Roylance Thomas WhiteYoung James Watson William Watson Patrick Crowe John HeatonTuesday 23 November 1880Clarence John Purves East Macquarie Edward Combes Edmund Webb Sydney SmithHunter John Burns John NowlanMacleay Robert Smith Shoalhaven John Roseby Frederick HumpheryYass Plains Michael Fitzpatrick Henry DoddsWednesday 24 November 1880East Maitland James Brunker Glen Innes William Fergusson Edward BennettIllawarra Alexander Stuart Namoi Thomas Dangar Orange William Clarke Andrew Kerr Thomas DaltonRichmond Charles Fawcett Wollombi Joseph Eckford Joseph Gorrick Robert HigginsThursday 25 November 1880Patrick's Plains John Brown William BrowneWest Maitland James Fulford Henry CohenFriday 26 November 1880Argyle William Holborow Phillip G. Myers William Connolly Louis Heydon John WalshEden Henry Clarke James Garvan Alexander Hutchison W A ManningGrafton John See Richard StevensonHartley Robert Abbott John Hurley (b 1844) Walter TargettHawkesbury Alexander Bowman Henry McQuadeMolong Andrew Ross John SmithNorthumberland Ninian Melville William Turner Thomas Dalveen Thomas HungerfordSaturday 27 November 1880Forbes John Bodel Henry Cooke Walter Coonan George Moore Charles St Baker Alfred StokesGloucester Archibald Jacob Charles ReadettHastings and Manning Joseph Andrews James Young William Gill Daniel Macquarie Charles McDonnell William Richardson Henry ZionsKiama Harman Tarrant West Macquarie Charles Pilcher Alfred PecheyMonday 29 November 1880Boorowa Thomas Slattery Albert MiddletonBraidwood Alexander Ryrie Edward GrevilleGrenfell Robert Vaughn J B Donkin George GreeneGunnedah Joseph Abbott Thomas BrowneHume Leyser Levin William Lyne Edmund Bond Philip GellInverell Richard Murray G R MacleanWellington Edmund Barton Tuesday 30 November 1880Bogan George Cass Patrick Jennings William Forlonge William ShorterBourke Russell Barton Joseph OlliffeGundagai William Forster Frederick Pinkstone Samuel SwiftGwydir William Campbell Upper Hunter John McElhone John McLaughlin William ClendinningWednesday 1 December 1880Mudgee Louis Beyers David Buchanan Samuel Terry Joseph O'Connor Richard RouseMurrumbidgee James Douglas George Loughnan Auber JonesThursday 2 December 1880Balranald John Cramsie Robert Wilkinson John O'Ryan James WarbyMonaro Henry Badgery Robert Tooth W T Cohen John TooheyMurray William Hay Alexander Wilson Robert Barbour Edward KillenNew England Henry Copeland William Proctor Jeremiah O'ConnellTamworth Sydney Burdekin Robert Levien Hanley Bennett Michael BurkeWentworth William Brodribb

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1880–1882

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