This is a list of candidates for the 1860 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 6 to 24 December 1860.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.
Retiring Members John Black MLA (East Sydney) Alexander Campbell MLA (Williams) John Campbell MLA (Glebe) Daniel Cooper MLA (Paddington) John Darvall MLA (Hawkesbury) Samuel Gordon MLA (Illawarra) Alexander Hamilton MLA (Monaro) Thomas Laidlaw MLA (Yass Plains) Samuel Lyons MLA (Canterbury) Henry Mort MLA (West Macquarie) Randolph Nott MLA (Tenterfield) James Pemell MLA (West Sydney) Saul Samuel MLA (Orange) William Wild MLA (Camden)
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 candidatesThursday 6 December 1860Bathurst James Hart John McGuigan Henry RottonNewcastle James Hannell Arthur HodgsonFriday 7 December 1860East Sydney John Caldwell Charles Cowper Henry Parkes Robert Stewart Thomas Duigan Peter Faucett James MartinGoulburn Charles Walsh Saturday 8 December 1860Argyle Terence Murray Northumberland Thomas Lewis Arthur Hodgson Alexander ScottPaddington John Sutherland Parramatta James Byrnes John Lackey George OakesPaterson William Arnold Edward DruittTumut Charles Cowper Jr. Monday 10 December 1860Braidwood Merion Moriarty Eden Daniel Egan Orange John Peisley Upper Hunter John Robertson West Macquarie Richard Driver John Findlater ClementsTuesday 11 December 1860Carcoar William Watt James MurphyEast Macquarie William Cummings William Suttor Daniel DeniehyMonaro Thomas Garrett Patrick Clifford Henry KestertonWednesday 12 December 1860Hunter Isidore Blake Peter FaucettIllawarra Robert Haworth John StewartQueanbeyan William Redman William ForsterWest Sydney Daniel Dalgleish John Lang William Love William Windeyer Julius Berncastle Thomas Broughton William Dalley James Martin John Plunkett Robert Tooth J G WhiteThursday 13 December 1860Kiama Samuel Gray Patrick's Plains William Lesley Walter Rotton William RussellFriday 14 December 1860Clarence Clark Irving East Maitland James Dickson James CoxGlebe Thomas Smart Geoffrey Eagar William MoffattHartley Henry Rotton William RussellMorpeth David Buchanan Samuel CohenNepean James Ryan Robert Jamison John SmithWilliams William Allen Saturday 15 December 1860Canterbury John Lucas Edward Raper Richard Cowan William RobertsHume Thomas Mate Morris AsherLiverpool Plains Alexander Dick Charles KempLower Hunter Alexander Scott Richard SadleirMudgee Samuel Terry James MartinTenterfield Robert Meston John RossWellington Silvanus Daniel E B CornishWollombi Joseph Eckford Yass Plains Henry O'Brien Monday 17 December 1860Newtown Alexander McArthur Stephen BrownShoalhaven John Garrett Richard KempTuesday 18 December 1860West Maitland Elias Weekes William CheaterWednesday 19 December 1860Balranald Augustus Morris Bogan George Lord John CohenGoldfields North James Hoskins Goldfields South Bowie Wilson Goldfields West Robert Wisdom James FarnellGwydir Francis Rusden Richard JenkinsMurray John Hay James WilloughbyMurrumbidgee William Macleay St Leonards Isaac Shepherd James Martin George McIntoshThursday 20 December 1860Narellan Joseph Leary John HurleyFriday 21 December 1860Camden John Douglas John Morrice Henry Oxley John PlunkettHastings Henry Flett Isaac Aaron Frederick Panton Robert RossHawkesbury James Cunneen William Piddington Saturday 22 December 1860Central Cumberland James Atkinson John Laycock David Bell James Farnell Allan MacphersonWindsor William Walker James ByrnesMonday 24 December 1860Lachlan John Ryan James MartinNew England George Markham James Eames James Hart Thomas Rusden
See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1860–1864
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