# Candidates of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 22 November 1864 to 10 January 1865.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

## Retiring Members

* David Bell MLA (Camden)
* James Buchanan MLA (Goldfields North)
* Edward Close MLA (Morpeth)
* William Dalley MLA (Carcoar)
* Joseph Harpur MLA (Patrick's Plains)
* Robert Haworth MLA (Illawarra)
* Thomas Holt MLA (Newtown)
* Clark Irving MLA (Clarence)
* Henry Milford MLA (Braidwood)
* William Redman MLA (Queanbeyan)
* John Ryan MLA (Lachlan)
* Richard Sadleir MLA (Lower Hunter)
* Isaac Shepherd MLA (St Leonards)
* Robert Stewart MLA (East Sydney)
* Elias Weekes MLA (West Maitland)

## 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 |
| Tuesday 22 November 1864 |||
| East Sydney | John Caldwell Charles Cowper James Hart James Neale | William Cover Richard Dransfield Thomas Duigan William Forster Robert Isaacs James Martin |
| Wednesday 23 November 1864 |||
| Paddington | John Sutherland | Henry Mort |
| Thursday 24 November 1864 |||
| Parramatta | James Byrnes James Farnell | Frederick Birmingham Arthur Holroyd John Lackey |
| West Sydney | John Darvall Samuel Joseph John Lang John Robertson | Daniel Dalgleish Geoffrey Eagar William Love James Murphy |
| Windsor | William Walker | George Pitt |
| Saturday 26 November 1864 |||
| Central Cumberland | John Hay Allan Macpherson | James Atkinson John Laycock George Oakes |
| Tuesday 29 November 1864 |||
| Glebe | Thomas Smart | Daniel Dalgleish |
| Hawkesbury | James Cunneen William Piddington | |
| Wednesday 7 December 1864 |||
| Canterbury | John Lucas James Oatley | John Beer William Forster Samuel Lyons Edward Raper Tertius Rider William Roberts |
| Goulburn | Maurice Alexander | Phillip Dignam Henry Sibley |
| Newtown | Stephen Brown | |
| St Leonards | William Tunks | Edward Sayers |
| Thursday 8 December 1864 |||
| Hartley | John Lucas | Andrew Brown |
| Lower Hunter | Robert Wisdom | Archibald Jacob |
| Williams | Marshall Burdekin | William Allen Frederick Manton J West |
| Friday 9 December 1864 |||
| Hunter | John Burns | |
| Patrick's Plains | Bowie Wilson | John Waller |
| Saturday 10 December 1864 |||
| Illawarra | Patrick Osborne | John Stewart |
| Nepean | James Ryan | William Cover George Sanders Thomas Shepherd |
| Tumut | Charles Cowper Jr. | James Martin |
| Tuesday 13 December 1864 |||
| Braidwood | Joshua Josephson | Michael O'Haire |
| Morpeth | James Campbell | John Keating |
| West Maitland | Benjamin Lee | Peter Green Andrew Liddell George Rochester |
| Wollombi | Joseph Eckford | Lyall Scott |
| Wednesday 14 December 1864 |||
| Paterson | William Arnold | Geoffrey Eagar |
| Thursday 15 December 1864 |||
| Camden | John Morrice Richard Roberts | Henry Badgery Augustus Morris |
| Upper Hunter | James White | Thomas Dangar |
| Friday 16 December 1864 |||
| Argyle | Phillip Dignam | Samuel Emmanuel |
| East Maitland | Alexander Dodds | |
| Saturday 17 December 1864 |||
| Narellan | John Hurley | Joseph Leary |
| Orange | William Forlonge | |
| Queanbeyan | Leopold De Salis | Charles Campbell Abraham Levy |
| Tuesday 20 December 1864 |||
| Kiama | Henry Parkes | Samuel Charles |
| Yass Plains | Peter Faucett | William Harbottle |
| Wednesday 21 December 1864 |||
| Bathurst | James Kemp | Henry Rotton |
| Carcoar | Barnard Stimpson | |
| Shoalhaven | Thomas Garrett | Richard Kemp R Seccombe |
| Wellington | Saul Samuel | James Martin |
| Thursday 22 December 1864 |||
| Bogan | George Lord | |
| Newcastle | James Hannell | Thomas Adam Charles Bolton William Brookes |
| Saturday 24 December 1864 |||
| East Macquarie | David Buchanan William Cummings | Thomas Lee Patrick McDonagh |
| Eden | Daniel Egan | |
| Gwydir | Thomas Dangar, Jr. | Francis Rusden John Single |
| Hastings | William Forster | Horace Dean Henry Flett |
| Hume | Thomas Mate | Morris Asher Walter Miller |
| Liverpool Plains | John Lloyd | |
| Monaro | James Martin | William Brodribb William Grahame |
| Mudgee | Samuel Terry | Joseph Innes |
| Murray | Robert Landale | |
| Murrumbidgee | William Macleay | |
| New England | Theophilus Cooper | Robert Forster |
| Northumberland | Atkinson Tighe | William Brookes |
| Tenterfield | Hugh Gordon | Peel Raymond |
| West Macquarie | Richard Driver | |
| Wednesday 28 December 1864 |||
| Lachlan | James Martin | Andrew Lynch |
| Thursday 29 December 1864 |||
| Clarence | John Laycock | Richard Bligh |
| Tuesday 10 January 1865 |||
| Goldfields North | George Pickering | Henry Roman Thomas Rusden |
| Goldfields South | James Rodd | T R Browne Daniel Dalgleish |
| Goldfields West | Stephen Donnelly | |
| Wednesday 18 January 1865 |||
| Balranald | Joseph Phelps | |