# 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.
| Electorate | Successful candidates | Unsuccessful candidates |
| Friday 3 December 1869 |||
| East Sydney | David Buchanan George King James Martin Henry Parkes | William Cover Charles Cowper Robert Hunt W Jennett James Neale Julian Salomons Alexander Steel |
| Newcastle | George Lloyd | James Martin |
| Monday 6 December 1869 |||
| Paddington | John Sutherland | |
| Thursday 9 December 1869 |||
| Northumberland | William Brookes | Charles Cleveland Samuel Gordon Francis O'Brien F J Shaw Joseph Ward |
| West Sydney | John Robertson William Speer Joseph Wearne William Windeyer | William Campbell Geoffrey Eagar Alexander Richardson |
| Friday 10 December 1869 |||
| Newtown | Stephen Brown | Patrick Shepherd |
| Monday 13 December 1869 |||
| Glebe | George Allen | |
| Wollombi | Joseph Eckford | Lyall Scott |
| Tuesday 14 December 1869 |||
| Braidwood | Michael Kelly | George Alley Edward Greville |
| Camden | John Morrice Arthur Onslow | Simon Belinfante William Sherwin |
| Clarence | Thomas Bawden | |
| Eden | Henry Clarke | Daniel Egan |
| Goulburn | Maurice Alexander | |
| Illawarra | James Osborne | John Stewart |
| Kiama | Henry Parkes | Samuel Gray |
| Nepean | James Ryan | Thomas Shepherd Archibald Thompson |
| Shoalhaven | Thomas Garrett | Samuel Goold |
| Wednesday 15 December 1869 |||
| Hunter | John Dillon | Alfred Boggis John Burns |
| Paterson | William Arnold | Herbert Brown George Townshend |
| West Macquarie | Edmund Webb | Richard Driver |
| Thursday 16 December 1869 |||
| East Maitland | Alexander Dodds | Stephen Scholey |
| Mudgee | Henry Stephen | Samuel Terry |
| Upper Hunter | Archibald Bell | William Gordon |
| Friday 17 December 1869 |||
| Argyle | Edward Butler | |
| Lower Hunter | Robert Wisdom | Archibald Jacob |
| Morpeth | James Campbell | John Keating |
| Narellan | Joseph Leary | John Hurley |
| Orange | Saul Samuel | |
| Parramatta | James Byrnes James Farnell | George Oakes Hugh Taylor |
| Saturday 18 December 1869 |||
| Hawkesbury | Henry Moses William Piddington | James Aschough James Cunneen W P Wilshire |
| Monday 20 December 1869 |||
| Murrumbidgee | William Macleay | |
| St Leonards | William Tunks | William Forster |
| West Maitland | Benjamin Lee | Andrew Liddell |
| Tuesday 21 December 1869 |||
| East Macquarie | William Cummings John Suttor | Samuel Robinson |
| Wednesday 22 December 1869 |||
| Bathurst | William Suttor | |
| Bogan | George Lord | John Ardill Thomas Manning |
| Tumut | Edward Brown | Robert Lynch J T V Walker |
| Williams | John Nowlan | William Mullen Francis O'Brien William Watson |
| Windsor | Arthur Dight | William Walker |
| Thursday 23 December 1869 |||
| Canterbury | Richard Hill Montagu Stephen | William Henson John Lucas Thomas Sullivan W R Templeton |
| Carcoar | Richard Driver | |
| Hartley | James Neale | Andrew Brown John Garsed |
| Hastings | Horace Dean | Geoffrey Eagar Henry Flett William Forster Robert Smith Ebenezer Vickery |
| Hume | James Fallon | Thomas Mate |
| Liverpool Plains | Charles Cowper | Hanley Bennett |
| New England | Charles Weaver | Alexander Black Robert Forster |
| Patrick's Plains | James Hoskins | Bowie Wilson |
| Queanbeyan | William Forster | Charles Campbell |
| Tenterfield | Colin Fraser | Robert Abbott James Williamson |
| Friday 24 December 1869 |||
| Gwydir | Thomas Dangar | Edward Sharp |
| Yass Plains | Michael Fitzpatrick | |
| Tuesday 28 December 1869 |||
| Central Cumberland | Edward Flood John Lackey | William Campbell James Jones |
| Lachlan | James Watson | William Dalley William Forster |
| Wellington | Gerald Spring | Charles Blakefield Andrew Ross |
| Wednesday 29 December 1869 |||
| Murray | Patrick Jennings | Robert Hunt |
| Tuesday 4 January 1870 |||
| Monaro | Daniel Egan | William Grahame |
| Wednesday 5 January 1870 |||
| Balranald | Joseph Phelps | |
| Monday 10 January 1870 |||
| Goldfields North | Robert Wisdom | William Bourke Henry Roman |
| Goldfields South | Ezekiel Baker | George Stephen |
| Goldfields West | Walter Church | Geoffrey Eagar William Redman |