Candidates of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 8 December 1874 to 12 January 1875.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members Goldfields North MLA James Rodd had resigned on 16 November 1874 and writs issued for a by-election, which was cancelled when the general election was called.

James Campbell MLA (Morpeth) Edward Combes MLA (Bathurst) John Creed MLA (Upper Hunter) Leopold De Salis MLA (Queanbeyan) William Grahame MLA (Monaro) Lewis Levy MLA (West Maitland) William Macleay MLA (Murrumbidgee) John Nowlan MLA (Williams) George Oakes MLA (East Sydney) Joseph Single MLA (Nepean) William Tunks MLA (St Leonards) Thomas West MLA (Carcoar)

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 candidatesTuesday 8 December 1874Newcastle George Lloyd Charles StevensWednesday 9 December 1874East Sydney John Davies John Macintosh Henry Parkes Alexander Stuart Angus Cameron J B Douglass Edward Flood William Forster Charles Moore Daniel O'Connell Nathaniel Pawsey James Pemell John YoungThursday 10 December 1874Paddington John Sutherland Parramatta Charles Byrnes Hugh Taylor James FarnellFriday 11 December 1874Glebe George Allen John Booth Charles MossmanMonday 14 December 1874Newtown Stephen Brown Wollombi James Cunneen Joseph EckfordWednesday 16 December 1874East Maitland Stephen Scholey Abel Cobcroft Alexander Dodds William MilesPatrick's Plains William Browne Alexander BowmanWest Sydney Angus Cameron Henry Dangar George Dibbs John Robertson Walter Cooper Joseph O'Connor Joseph Raphael George Thornton Joseph WearneWindsor Richard Driver William WalkerThursday 17 December 1874Morpeth Robert Wisdom William Bellamy Myles McRae Pierce O'KeeffeNarellan John Hurley (b 1796) Northumberland Charles Stevens James HannellOrange Harris Nelson James Johns Richard SheridanFriday 18 December 1874Kiama Samuel Charles John StewartPaterson William Arnold Herbert BrownShoalhaven James Warden Yass Plains Michael Fitzpatrick Arthur RemmingtonMonday 21 December 1874Hartley Thomas Brown St Leonards James Farnell James French Bernhardt Holtermann Edward LordWest Maitland Henry Cohen William Brooks Joseph Eckford William Farthing Archibald HamiltonTuesday 22 December 1874Clarence Thomas Bawden Charles Fawcett Edward MadgwickGoulburn William Teece Wednesday 23 December 1874Mudgee Stephen Goold Patrick JenningsNepean Patrick Shepherd James RyanQueanbeyan John Wright William Forster William O'NeillThursday 24 December 1874Hastings Robert Smith Saturday 26 December 1874Gwydir Thomas Dangar W H MoselyMonday 28 December 1874Braidwood Edward Greville Canterbury Richard Hill John Lucas William Pigott Aaron WheelerCarcoar Solomon Meyer T R IcelyEden Henry Clarke William ClementsHawkesbury Henry Moses William Piddington George DaviesIllawarra Samuel Gray Andrew LysaghtUpper Hunter Francis White William Gordon Thomas Hungerford John SmartTuesday 29 December 1874Hume George Day Thomas RobertsonTenterfield Robert Abbott W D Bourke Colin FraserThursday 31 December 1874Williams William Watson George StephenSaturday 2 January 1875Argyle Edward Butler Bathurst Francis Suttor Edmund WebbHunter John Burns James O'SullivanMurrumbidgee William Forster Charles Bardwell Joseph Leary Thomas MateTumut James Hoskins Thomas O'MaraMonday 4 January 1875Bogan George Lord John Ardill Arthur Burne John KellyCamden Thomas Garrett Arthur Onslow James NicholsLower Hunter Archibald Jacob Walter Cooper Archibald HamiltonWest Macquarie Charles Pilcher Henry RottonTuesday 5 January 1875East Macquarie John Booth William Suttor William Cummings James DaleyMonaro Alexander Montague H M Joseph Daniel O'ConnellWednesday 6 January 1875Liverpool Plains Hanley Bennett Daniel MacquarieThursday 7 January 1875Murray William Hay Robert BarbourNew England Samuel Terry Wellington John Smith John Hurley (b 1844) Thomas WythesFriday 8 January 1875Central Cumberland John Lackey Joseph Wearne Charles Jeanneret Andrew McCulloch Joseph O'Connor Nicholas Raven Maurice ReynoldsMonday 11 January 1875Balranald Joseph Phelps Goldfields North Robert Forster Thomas BrowneGoldfields South Ezekiel Baker Henry CopelandGoldfields West David Buchanan J P SweeneyTuesday 12 January 1875Lachlan James Watson

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877

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