# Candidates of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1872 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 13 February to 28 March 1872.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

## Retiring Members

* Archibald Bell MLA (Upper Hunter)
* Arthur Dight MLA (Windsor)
* James Fallon MLA (Hume)
* James Hart MLA (Monaro)
* Lewis Levy MLA (Liverpool Plains)
* John Morrice MLA (Camden)
* James Osborne MLA (Illawarra)
* William Speer MLA (West Sydney)
* John Suttor MLA (East Macquarie)
* William Suttor MLA (Bathurst)

## 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 13 February 1872 |||
| East Sydney | John Macintosh James Neale Henry Parkes Saul Samuel | William Barker David Buchanan George King James Martin Bowie Wilson |
| Thursday 15 February 1872 |||
| West Sydney | John Booth Joseph Raphael John Robertson Joseph Wearne | Robert Campbell Richard Dransfield Henry Fisher Samuel Goold George Lloyd William Windeyer |
| Saturday 17 February 1872 |||
| Paterson | William Arnold | George Townshend |
| Monday 19 February 1872 |||
| Glebe | George Allen | David Buchanan Charles Mossman |
| Tuesday 20 February 1872 |||
| Canterbury | Richard Hill John Lucas | John Davis William Henson Richard Wynne |
| Morpeth | James Campbell | John Keating J D Nelson |
| Paddington | John Sutherland | |
| Parramatta | James Farnell Hugh Taylor | James Byrnes |
| Windsor | Richard Driver | William Walker |
| Wednesday 21 February 1872 |||
| Northumberland | James Hannell | Thomas Adam William Brookes Henry Langley Francis O'Brien James Pemell |
| Tumut | James Hoskins | Edward Brown |
| Wollombi | James Cunneen | Joseph Eckford |
| Thursday 22 February 1872 |||
| Central Cumberland | John Hurley John Lackey | Samuel Barber Frederick Birmingham Henry Zions |
| East Macquarie | William Cummings James Martin | Joseph Innes John Smith (b 1811) |
| Friday 23 February 1872 |||
| Bathurst | Edward Combes | Henry Rotton |
| Kiama | John Stewart | |
| Saturday 24 February 1872 |||
| East Maitland | Stephen Scholey | Alexander Dodds Archibald Hamilton |
| West Macquarie | Edmund Webb | George Thornton |
| Monday 26 February 1872 |||
| Camden | Thomas Garrett Arthur Onslow | Richard Roberts |
| Carcoar | Thomas West | |
| Eden | Henry Clarke | William Clements John D'Arcy |
| Tuesday 27 February 1872 |||
| Patrick's Plains | William Browne | Alexander Bowman |
| Wednesday 28 February 1872 |||
| Nepean | Joseph Single | James Rodd James Ryan Henry Woods |
| Wellington | John Samuel Smith | William Dalley William Forlonge Andrew Ross Gerald Spring George Stephen |
| Thursday 29 February 1872 |||
| Hastings | Robert Smith | Eugene Fattorini James Garvan |
| Illawarra | William Forster | John Brown Andrew Lysaght |
| Upper Hunter | John Creed | James White |
| Saturday 2 March 1872 |||
| Hunter | John Burns | John Dillon |
| Newcastle | George Lloyd | Daniel Macquarie |
| Monday 4 March 1872 |||
| Narellan | John Hurley | Joseph Leary William Walker |
| Newtown | Stephen Brown | Elias Bethel Edward Flood |
| Orange | Harris Nelson | Samuel Goold Andrew Kerr |
| Tuesday 5 March 1872 |||
| Braidwood | Edward Greville | George Alley Archibald Condon |
| Clarence | Thomas Bawden | Edward Madgwick |
| Goulburn | William Teece | Maurice Alexander |
| Shoalhaven | James Warden | John Roseby |
| West Maitland | Benjamin Lee | Joseph Eckford Archibald Hamilton |
| Wednesday 6 March 1872 |||
| Hartley | Thomas Brown | John Ardill Morris Asher James Byrnes E N Emmett John Garsed Joseph Johnson |
| Queanbeyan | Leopold De Salis | William O'Neill Charles Walsh |
| St Leonards | William Tunks | James Byrnes James French W H Wardle |
| Thursday 7 March 1872 |||
| Hawkesbury | Henry Moses William Piddington | Marshall Burdekin |
| Lower Hunter | Archibald Jacob | Robert Wisdom |
| Mudgee | Joseph Innes | Joseph O'Connor |
| Friday 8 March 1872 |||
| Argyle | Edward Butler | |
| New England | Samuel Terry | William Windeyer |
| Williams | John Nowlan | William Watson |
| Yass Plains | Michael Fitzpatrick | |
| Saturday 9 March 1872 |||
| Lachlan | James Watson | T R Icely |
| Monday 11 March 1872 |||
| Bogan | George Lord | Jeremiah Rundle Jean Serisier |
| Liverpool Plains | Hanley Bennett | Alexander Bowman William Gordon Francis Rusden George Wallace Bowie Wilson |
| Tuesday 12 March 1872 |||
| Murrumbidgee | William Macleay | |
| Tenterfield | Robert Abbott | Colin Fraser |
| Friday 15 March 1872 |||
| Hume | James McLaurin | George Day |
| Monaro | William Grahame | Abram Moriarty |
| Thursday 21 March 1872 |||
| Gwydir | Thomas Dangar | Alexander Bowman Adolph Goldman David Jones John Macansh |
| Murray | Patrick Jennings | |
| Monday 25 March 1872 |||
| Goldfields North | James Rodd | Charles Carey Robert Forster |
| Goldfields South | Ezekiel Baker | William Bedall |
| Goldfields West | David Buchanan | Simon Belinfante Walter Church James Plunkett |
| Thursday 28 March 1872 |||
| Balranald | Joseph Phelps | |