Candidates of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 3 December 1869 to 10 January 1870.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members Marshall Burdekin MLA (East Sydney) Theophilus Cooper MLA (New England) Leopold De Salis MLA (Queanbeyan) Phillip Dignam MLA (Argyle) Hugh Gordon MLA (Tenterfield) James Hannell MLA (Newcastle) James Hart MLA (East Sydney) Robert Isaacs MLA (Yass Plains) Robert Landale MLA (Murray) John Lang MLA (West Sydney) John Lloyd MLA (Liverpool Plains) Samuel Lyons MLA (Central Cumberland) George McKay MLA (Orange) James Oatley MLA (Canterbury) Richard Roberts MLA (Camden) James Rodd MLA (Goldfields South) Thomas Smart MLA (Glebe) Robert Stewart MLA (East Sydney) Barnard Stimpson MLA (Carcoar) Atkinson Tighe MLA (Northumberland)

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 3 December 1869East Sydney David Buchanan George King James Martin Henry Parkes William Cover Charles Cowper Robert Hunt W Jennett James Neale Julian Salomons Alexander SteelNewcastle George Lloyd James MartinMonday 6 December 1869Paddington John Sutherland Thursday 9 December 1869Northumberland William Brookes Charles Cleveland Samuel Gordon Francis O'Brien F J Shaw Joseph WardWest Sydney John Robertson William Speer Joseph Wearne William Windeyer William Campbell Geoffrey Eagar Alexander RichardsonFriday 10 December 1869Newtown Stephen Brown Patrick ShepherdMonday 13 December 1869Glebe George Allen Wollombi Joseph Eckford Lyall ScottTuesday 14 December 1869Braidwood Michael Kelly George Alley Edward GrevilleCamden John Morrice Arthur Onslow Simon Belinfante William SherwinClarence Thomas Bawden Eden Henry Clarke Daniel EganGoulburn Maurice Alexander Illawarra James Osborne John StewartKiama Henry Parkes Samuel GrayNepean James Ryan Thomas Shepherd Archibald ThompsonShoalhaven Thomas Garrett Samuel GooldWednesday 15 December 1869Hunter John Dillon Alfred Boggis John BurnsPaterson William Arnold Herbert Brown George TownshendWest Macquarie Edmund Webb Richard DriverThursday 16 December 1869East Maitland Alexander Dodds Stephen ScholeyMudgee Henry Stephen Samuel TerryUpper Hunter Archibald Bell William GordonFriday 17 December 1869Argyle Edward Butler Lower Hunter Robert Wisdom Archibald JacobMorpeth James Campbell John KeatingNarellan Joseph Leary John HurleyOrange Saul Samuel Parramatta James Byrnes James Farnell George Oakes Hugh TaylorSaturday 18 December 1869Hawkesbury Henry Moses William Piddington James Aschough James Cunneen W P WilshireMonday 20 December 1869Murrumbidgee William Macleay St Leonards William Tunks William ForsterWest Maitland Benjamin Lee Andrew LiddellTuesday 21 December 1869East Macquarie William Cummings John Suttor Samuel RobinsonWednesday 22 December 1869Bathurst William Suttor Bogan George Lord John Ardill Thomas ManningTumut Edward Brown Robert Lynch J T V WalkerWilliams John Nowlan William Mullen Francis O'Brien William WatsonWindsor Arthur Dight William WalkerThursday 23 December 1869Canterbury Richard Hill Montagu Stephen William Henson John Lucas Thomas Sullivan W R TempletonCarcoar Richard Driver Hartley James Neale Andrew Brown John GarsedHastings Horace Dean Geoffrey Eagar Henry Flett William Forster Robert Smith Ebenezer VickeryHume James Fallon Thomas MateLiverpool Plains Charles Cowper Hanley BennettNew England Charles Weaver Alexander Black Robert ForsterPatrick's Plains James Hoskins Bowie WilsonQueanbeyan William Forster Charles CampbellTenterfield Colin Fraser Robert Abbott James WilliamsonFriday 24 December 1869Gwydir Thomas Dangar Edward SharpYass Plains Michael Fitzpatrick Tuesday 28 December 1869Central Cumberland Edward Flood John Lackey William Campbell James JonesLachlan James Watson William Dalley William ForsterWellington Gerald Spring Charles Blakefield Andrew RossWednesday 29 December 1869Murray Patrick Jennings Robert HuntTuesday 4 January 1870Monaro Daniel Egan William GrahameWednesday 5 January 1870Balranald Joseph Phelps Monday 10 January 1870Goldfields North Robert Wisdom William Bourke Henry RomanGoldfields South Ezekiel Baker George StephenGoldfields West Walter Church Geoffrey Eagar William Redman

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1869–1872

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