# Candidates of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1856 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 11 March to 19 April 1856.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election. This was the first election after the introduction of self-government to the colony.

## Legislative Assembly

Successful candidates are highlighted.
Electorates are arranged chronologically from the day the poll was held.
| Electorate | Successful candidates | Unsuccessful candidates |
| Tuesday 11 March 1856 |||
| Sydney Hamlets | Daniel Cooper Stuart Donaldson | Richard Driver Merion Moriarty |
| Thursday 13 March 1856 |||
| Sydney City | Robert Campbell Charles Cowper Henry Parkes James Wilshire | Thomas Duigan John Plunkett |
| Friday 28 March 1856 |||
| Northumberland Boroughs | Bob Nichols Bourn Russell | Elias Weekes |
| Saturday 29 March 1856 |||
| North-Eastern Boroughs | Edward Flood | John Plunkett |
| Parramatta | George Oakes Henry Parker | James Byrnes Andrew Murray |
| Western Boroughs | Arthur Holroyd | James Byrnes |
| Monday 31 March 1856 |||
| Argyle | John Plunkett | John Chisholm Columbus Fitzpatrick |
| Bathurst County | John Plunkett | James Bligh |
| Eastern Division of Camden | John Marks Henry Osborne | Charles Jenkins George Pickering James Shoobert David Waugh |
| Western Division of Camden | James Macarthur John Oxley | |
| Friday 4 April 1856 |||
| Cook and Westmoreland | Robert Jamison James Martin | John Arkins |
| Cumberland (North Riding) | John Darvall James Pye | Robert Fitzgerald Patrick Hogan William Sherwin |
| Southern Boroughs | Terence Murray | |
| Saturday 5 April 1856 |||
| Murray and St Vincent | William Forster | |
| Monday 7 April 1856 |||
| Durham | William Arnold Samuel Gordon Richard Jones | Andrew Lang Alexander Park |
| King and Georgiana | Peter Faucett | Isaac Shepherd |
| Stanley Boroughs | Thomas Holt John Richardson | Frederick Forbes Arthur Macalister |
| Tuesday 8 April 1856 |||
| Cumberland Boroughs | William Bowman | William Redman Ralph Robey Robert Ross |
| Roxburgh | William Lee | William Cummings William Suttor |
| Wednesday 9 April 1856 |||
| Cumberland (South Riding) | William Manning Elias Weekes | Ryan Brenan William Russell |
| Stanley County | Henry Buckley | William Dorsey |
| Thursday 10 April 1856 |||
| Gloucester and Macquarie | Thomas Barker | Joseph Andrews James Williamson |
| St Vincent | James Thompson | William Roberts Richard Sadleir |
| Wellington County | George Cox | Saul Samuel |
| Friday 11 April 1856 |||
| Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh | John Robertson | Joseph Docker |
| Tuesday 15 April 1856 |||
| Clarence and Darling Downs | Clark Irving | Colin McKenzie |
| Wednesday 16 April 1856 |||
| Liverpool Plains and Gwydir | Gideon Lang Francis Rusden | Augustus Morris |
| Maneroo | Daniel Egan | |
| Murrumbidgee | John Hay George Macleay | |
| Wellington and Bligh | George Lord | William Buchanan |
| Thursday 17 April 1856 |||
| Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa | Gordon Sandeman | |
| New England and Macleay | Richard Hargrave Thomas Rusden | John Dickson |
| Northumberland and Hunter | Hovenden Hely William Piddington Alexander Scott | George Bowman Henry Douglass Walter Rotton |
| Saturday 19 April 1856 |||
| Lachlan and Lower Darling | James Garland William Macleay | John Hardy D H Thorn |