# Candidates of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1877 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 24 October to 12 November 1877.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

## Retiring Members

* Edward Butler MLA (Argyle)
* Charles Byrnes MLA (Parramatta)
* William Hay MLA (Murray)
* George Lord MLA (Bogan) — appointed to the Legislative Council
* Joseph Phelps MLA (Balranald)
* Patrick Shepherd MLA (Nepean)
* James Warden MLA (Shoalhaven)
* John Wright MLA (Queanbeyan)

## 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 |
| Wednesday 24 October 1877 |||
| East Sydney | John Davies James Greenwood John Macintosh Alexander Stuart | William Cover Sedgwick Cowper Francis Dixon Isaac Josephson Josiah Mason Ninian Melville Henry Parkes George Perry |
| Thursday 25 October 1877 |||
| West Sydney | Angus Cameron John Harris James Merriman Daniel O'Connor | Henry Dangar George Dibbs Henry Fisher Jacob Garrard Archibald Hamilton Joseph O'Connor Benjamin Palmer John Robertson Thomas White |
| Friday 26 October 1877 |||
| Goulburn | William Teece | Frederick Horn |
| Newcastle | Richard Bowker | William Brookes Thomas Hungerford George Lloyd |
| Orange | Edward Combes | |
| Paddington | John Sutherland | |
| Saturday 27 October 1877 |||
| Narellan | John Hurley (b 1796) | John Kidd |
| Newtown | Stephen Brown | James Yeomans |
| Parramatta | William Long Hugh Taylor | John Bergan Walter Cooper George Young |
| Paterson | Herbert Brown | |
| Monday 29 October 1877 |||
| Bathurst | Francis Suttor | David Williamson |
| Canterbury | John Lucas Henry Parkes | William Henson Richard Hill George Pile |
| Central Cumberland | John Lackey Andrew McCulloch | |
| Glebe | George Allen | Charles Mossman |
| Illawarra | Samuel Gray | |
| Kiama | Samuel Charles | |
| Morpeth | Robert Wisdom | |
| Nepean | Thomas Smith | John Smith |
| Northumberland | Thomas Hungerford | William Turner |
| Queanbeyan | James Thompson | William O'Neill Thomas Rutledge |
| Tuesday 30 October 1877 |||
| Camden | Thomas Garrett Arthur Onslow | Thomas Fisher |
| Carcoar | Andrew Lynch | |
| Eden | Henry Clarke | Henry Parkes |
| Hawkesbury | Alexander Bowman Henry Moses | George Davies William Piddington Thomas Primrose |
| Hunter | John Burns | |
| Lower Hunter | Archibald Jacob | |
| Patrick's Plains | William Browne | William Durham |
| Wednesday 31 October 1877 |||
| Braidwood | Edward Greville | |
| East Maitland | Stephen Scholey | Alexander Dodds |
| St Leonards | James Farnell | |
| Shoalhaven | John Roseby | Thomas Richards |
| West Macquarie | Charles Pilcher | Alexander Rae |
| West Maitland | Henry Cohen | Thomas Hungerford Thomas Jones James Pritchard |
| Yass Plains | Michael Fitzpatrick | Michael Perry Arthur Remmington |
| Thursday 1 November 1877 |||
| Argyle | William Davies | Charles Heydon |
| Hartley | John Hurley (b 1844) | Patrick Higgins |
| Williams | William Johnston | John Booth |
| Windsor | Richard Driver | Charles Cansdell |
| Friday 2 November 1877 |||
| Monaro | John Murphy | Alexander Montague |
| Wellington | John Shepherd | Patrick Jennings Thomas Wythes |
| Wollombi | Joseph Eckford | James Cunneen Henry Levien |
| Saturday 3 November 1877 |||
| Clarence | Thomas Bawden | Charles Fawcett Edward Madgwick John Robertson |
| Hastings | Robert Smith | Thomas Amos |
| Lachlan | James Watson | |
| Liverpool Plains | Hanley Bennett | Michael Burke George Grehan |
| New England | Samuel Terry | Robert Forster |
| Tenterfield | John Dillon | Robert Abbott Alexander Murray |
| Upper Hunter | John McElhone | John Robertson |
| Monday 5 November 1877 |||
| East Macquarie | John Robertson William Suttor | William Cummings George Stephen |
| Gwydir | Thomas Dangar | |
| Hume | George Day | Henry Parkes |
| Mudgee | John Robertson | Richard Rouse |
| Murray | Robert Barbour | James Davidson |
| Murrumbidgee | Joseph Leary | James Gormly Henry Parkes |
| Tumut | James Hoskins | John Robertson |
| Tuesday 6 November 1877 |||
| University of Sydney | William Windeyer | |
| Monday 12 November 1877 |||
| Balranald | Colin Simson | John Smart |
| Bogan | Walter Coonan | John Ardill William Forlonge Henry Parkes John Robertson Jean Serisier |
| Goldfields North | Henry Copeland | |
| Goldfields South | Ezekiel Baker | |
| Goldfields West | Louis Beyers | David Buchanan |