Candidates of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1877 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 24 October to 12 November 1877.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members Edward Butler MLA (Argyle) Charles Byrnes MLA (Parramatta) William Hay MLA (Murray) George Lord MLA (Bogan) — appointed to the Legislative Council Joseph Phelps MLA (Balranald) Patrick Shepherd MLA (Nepean) James Warden MLA (Shoalhaven) John Wright MLA (Queanbeyan)

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 24 October 1877East Sydney John Davies James Greenwood John Macintosh Alexander Stuart William Cover Sedgwick Cowper Francis Dixon Isaac Josephson Josiah Mason Ninian Melville Henry Parkes George PerryThursday 25 October 1877West Sydney Angus Cameron John Harris James Merriman Daniel O'Connor Henry Dangar George Dibbs Henry Fisher Jacob Garrard Archibald Hamilton Joseph O'Connor Benjamin Palmer John Robertson Thomas WhiteFriday 26 October 1877Goulburn William Teece Frederick HornNewcastle Richard Bowker William Brookes Thomas Hungerford George LloydOrange Edward Combes Paddington John Sutherland Saturday 27 October 1877Narellan John Hurley (b 1796) John KiddNewtown Stephen Brown James YeomansParramatta William Long Hugh Taylor John Bergan Walter Cooper George YoungPaterson Herbert Brown Monday 29 October 1877Bathurst Francis Suttor David WilliamsonCanterbury John Lucas Henry Parkes William Henson Richard Hill George PileCentral Cumberland John Lackey Andrew McCulloch Glebe George Allen Charles MossmanIllawarra Samuel Gray Kiama Samuel Charles Morpeth Robert Wisdom Nepean Thomas Smith John SmithNorthumberland Thomas Hungerford William TurnerQueanbeyan James Thompson William O'Neill Thomas RutledgeTuesday 30 October 1877Camden Thomas Garrett Arthur Onslow Thomas FisherCarcoar Andrew Lynch Eden Henry Clarke Henry ParkesHawkesbury Alexander Bowman Henry Moses George Davies William Piddington Thomas PrimroseHunter John Burns Lower Hunter Archibald Jacob Patrick's Plains William Browne William DurhamWednesday 31 October 1877Braidwood Edward Greville East Maitland Stephen Scholey Alexander DoddsSt Leonards James Farnell Shoalhaven John Roseby Thomas RichardsWest Macquarie Charles Pilcher Alexander RaeWest Maitland Henry Cohen Thomas Hungerford Thomas Jones James PritchardYass Plains Michael Fitzpatrick Michael Perry Arthur RemmingtonThursday 1 November 1877Argyle William Davies Charles HeydonHartley John Hurley (b 1844) Patrick HigginsWilliams William Johnston John BoothWindsor Richard Driver Charles CansdellFriday 2 November 1877Monaro John Murphy Alexander MontagueWellington John Shepherd Patrick Jennings Thomas WythesWollombi Joseph Eckford James Cunneen Henry LevienSaturday 3 November 1877Clarence Thomas Bawden Charles Fawcett Edward Madgwick John RobertsonHastings Robert Smith Thomas AmosLachlan James Watson Liverpool Plains Hanley Bennett Michael Burke George GrehanNew England Samuel Terry Robert ForsterTenterfield John Dillon Robert Abbott Alexander MurrayUpper Hunter John McElhone John RobertsonMonday 5 November 1877East Macquarie John Robertson William Suttor William Cummings George StephenGwydir Thomas Dangar Hume George Day Henry ParkesMudgee John Robertson Richard RouseMurray Robert Barbour James DavidsonMurrumbidgee Joseph Leary James Gormly Henry ParkesTumut James Hoskins John RobertsonTuesday 6 November 1877University of Sydney William Windeyer Monday 12 November 1877Balranald Colin Simson John SmartBogan Walter Coonan John Ardill William Forlonge Henry Parkes John Robertson Jean SerisierGoldfields North Henry Copeland Goldfields South Ezekiel Baker Goldfields West Louis Beyers David Buchanan

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880

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