Candidates of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1859 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 9 June to 7 July 1859.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members Andrew Aldcorn MLA (St Vincent) Richard Bowker MLA (North Eastern Boroughs) Henry Buckley MLA (Stanley County) Robert Campbell MLA (Sydney City) George Cox MLA (Wellington (County)) Stuart Donaldson MLA (Cumberland (South Riding)) Peter Faucett MLA (King and Georgiana) William Lee MLA (Roxburgh) Edward Lloyd MLA (Liverpool Plains and Gwydir) James Macarthur MLA (West Camden) George Macleay MLA (Murrumbidgee) John Marks MLA (East Camden) John Paterson MLA (Lachlan and Lower Darling) Thomas Smith MLA (Cumberland (North Riding)) William Taylor MLA (New England and Macleay) George Thornton MLA (Sydney City) Robert Tooth MLA (Sydney City) George White MLA (Northumberland and Hunter)

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 9 June 1859Bathurst John Clements Henry RottonEast Sydney John Black Charles Cowper James Martin Henry Parkes William Allen William Benbow Richard Driver Charles Kemp William WentworthFriday 10 June 1859Paddington Daniel Cooper William WindeyerSaturday 11 June 1859Brisbane John Richardson Monday 13 June 1859East Macquarie William Cummings William Suttor Charles McPhillamy Charles WhalanTuesday 14 June 1859Goulburn William Roberts Richard DriverIpswich Arthur Macalister Benjamin CribbNewcastle Arthur Hodgson James HannellWest Macquarie John McPhillamy Thomas HawkinsWest Sydney Thomas Broughton John Lang James Pemell John Plunkett Daniel Deniehy Thomas Duigan Robert StewartWednesday 15 June 1859Glebe John Campbell Ewen CameronIllawarra John Hargrave Francis MacCabeWellington Nicolas Hyeronimus Arthur HolroydThursday 16 June 1859Kiama Samuel Gray Francis Carberry George GreyNepean Robert Jamison Paterson William Arnold William Bucknell Henry DangarWilliams Stephen Dark Samuel GordonFriday 17 June 1859Murrumbidgee William Macleay Newtown Alexander McArthur Stephen Brown Edward Hill Thomas HoltNorthumberland Alexander Scott St Leonards Edward Sayers James Farnell Isaac ShepherdSaturday 18 June 1859Argyle Terence Murray Richard DriverCanterbury Edward Flood Samuel Lyons John Lucas Maurice Reynolds Samuel Terry William WindeyerEast Maitland Joseph Chambers James DicksonEast Moreton Robert Cribb William ToothMudgee Lyttleton Bayley Robert LoweOrange Saul Samuel John SuttorParramatta James Byrnes George Oakes Arthur HolroydMonday 20 June 1859Braidwood Frederick Cooper Merion Moriarty Stephen Richardson George SimpsonWollombi William Cape Tuesday 21 June 1859Carcoar William Watt Clarence Clark Irving Alexander MacKellar Edward RyanQueanbeyan William Forster Shoalhaven John Garrett George Alley Charles Blakeney Alexander CampbellWest Maitland Elias Weekes West Moreton Henry Mort Henry ChallinorWindsor William Dalley Robert RossThursday 23 June 1859Central Cumberland James Atkinson John Laycock John Beit John LackeyEden Daniel Egan Henry ClarkeFriday 24 June 1859Lachlan John Ryan Morpeth Edward Close Samuel GordonTenterfield Randolph Nott Robert MestonUpper Hunter John Robertson Thomas Dangar Daniel DeniehyYass Plains Thomas Laidlaw Saturday 25 June 1859Hartley Henry Rotton Ryan BrenanHawkesbury John Darvall William Piddington Hunter Richard Jones Daniel DeniehyMonday 27 June 1859Narellan John Hurley John OxleyTuesday 28 June 1859Camden Henry Oxley William Wild John MorriceHume Morris Asher J D Badham Thomas Mate Eugene OwenWednesday 29 June 1859Lower Hunter William Windeyer James WilliamsonMurray John Hay Thursday 30 June 1859Monaro Alexander Hamilton Daniel EganNew England James Hart James Eames Thomas RusdenPatrick's Plains William Russell James DicksonTumut George Lang John Egan James GarlandFriday 1 July 1859Hastings Henry Flett J Andrews James McCarthy Frederick PantonTuesday 5 July 1859Balranald Augustus Morris William BrodribbBogan George Lord Christopher McRaeBurnett Gilbert Eliott George HowardDarling Downs John Douglas William Handcock John McLeanLiverpool Plains Andrew Loder Francis RusdenWednesday 6 July 1859Goldfields North James Hoskins Edward Hargraves James MacnamaraGoldfields South Bowie Wilson John EganGoldfields West Robert Wisdom William RedmanLeichhardt William Walsh Thursday 7 July 1859Gwydir Richard Jenkins

See also Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1859–1860

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