# Candidates of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1880 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 17 November to 2 December 1880.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

## Retiring Members

* William Davies (Argyle)
* James Greenwood (East Sydney)
* John Hurley (b 1796) (Narellan)
* William Long (Parramatta)
* John Lucas (Canterbury)
* John Macintosh (East Sydney)
* James Merriman (West Sydney)
* Henry Moses (Hawkesbury)
* John Murphy (Monaro)
* Arthur Onslow (Camden)
* Colin Simson (Balranald)

## 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 17 November 1880 |||
| East Sydney | Henry Dangar Sir Henry Parkes George Reid Arthur Renwick | Isaac Josephson Samuel Lees Charles Moore Charles Roberts |
| Thursday 18 November 1880 |||
| Glebe | George Allen | James Graham |
| Goulburn | William Teece | |
| Morpeth | Robert Wisdom | |
| Paddington | William Hezlet William Trickett | William Allen J A Carroll |
| Parramatta | Charles Byrnes | Hugh Taylor |
| South Sydney | George Carter John Davies William Poole George Withers | John Fitzgerald Edward Horden Joseph Olliffe Alexander Steel Aaron Wheeler |
| Friday 19 November 1880 |||
| Balmain | Jacob Garrard | Albert Elkington Charles Mossman John Taylor |
| Bathurst | Francis Suttor | William Butler |
| Redfern | Alfred Fremlin John Sutherland | Patrick Hogan Patrick Stanley |
| Saturday 20 November 1880 |||
| Albury | George Day | |
| Camden | Thomas Garrett John Kidd | Joseph Leary William McCourt Thomas Robertson |
| Tumut | James Hoskins | William Spicer |
| Monday 22 November 1880 |||
| Canterbury | William Henson William Pigott | Alfred Allen Thomas Courtney Myles McRae George Moss George Pile |
| Carcoar | Ezekiel Baker Andrew Lynch | William Suttor |
| Central Cumberland | John Lackey Andrew McCulloch | Thomas Wearne |
| Durham | Herbert Brown | William Johnston |
| Nepean | Thomas Smith | |
| Newcastle | James Fletcher George Lloyd | Richard Bowker James Ellis |
| Newtown | Stephen Brown William Foster | Joseph Mitchell John Young |
| Queanbeyan | James Thompson | Percy Hodgkinson |
| St Leonards | James Farnell | Bernhardt Holtermann |
| Tenterfield | John Dillon | William Christie |
| West Sydney | Francis Abigail Angus Cameron William Martin Daniel O'Connor | David Buchanan John Harris John Harris, Sr. Charles Roberts William Roylance Thomas White |
| Young | James Watson William Watson | Patrick Crowe John Heaton |
| Tuesday 23 November 1880 |||
| Clarence | John Purves | |
| East Macquarie | Edward Combes Edmund Webb | Sydney Smith |
| Hunter | John Burns | John Nowlan |
| Macleay | Robert Smith | |
| Shoalhaven | John Roseby | Frederick Humphery |
| Yass Plains | Michael Fitzpatrick | Henry Dodds |
| Wednesday 24 November 1880 |||
| East Maitland | James Brunker | |
| Glen Innes | William Fergusson | Edward Bennett |
| Illawarra | Alexander Stuart | |
| Namoi | Thomas Dangar | |
| Orange | William Clarke Andrew Kerr | Thomas Dalton |
| Richmond | Charles Fawcett | |
| Wollombi | Joseph Eckford | Joseph Gorrick Robert Higgins |
| Thursday 25 November 1880 |||
| Patrick's Plains | John Brown | William Browne |
| West Maitland | James Fulford | Henry Cohen |
| Friday 26 November 1880 |||
| Argyle | William Holborow Phillip G. Myers | William Connolly Louis Heydon John Walsh |
| Eden | Henry Clarke James Garvan | Alexander Hutchison W A Manning |
| Grafton | John See | Richard Stevenson |
| Hartley | Robert Abbott | John Hurley (b 1844) Walter Targett |
| Hawkesbury | Alexander Bowman | Henry McQuade |
| Molong | Andrew Ross | John Smith |
| Northumberland | Ninian Melville William Turner | Thomas Dalveen Thomas Hungerford |
| Saturday 27 November 1880 |||
| Forbes | John Bodel Henry Cooke | Walter Coonan George Moore Charles St Baker Alfred Stokes |
| Gloucester | Archibald Jacob | Charles Readett |
| Hastings and Manning | Joseph Andrews James Young | William Gill Daniel Macquarie Charles McDonnell William Richardson Henry Zions |
| Kiama | Harman Tarrant | |
| West Macquarie | Charles Pilcher | Alfred Pechey |
| Monday 29 November 1880 |||
| Boorowa | Thomas Slattery | Albert Middleton |
| Braidwood | Alexander Ryrie | Edward Greville |
| Grenfell | Robert Vaughn | J B Donkin George Greene |
| Gunnedah | Joseph Abbott | Thomas Browne |
| Hume | Leyser Levin William Lyne | Edmund Bond Philip Gell |
| Inverell | Richard Murray | G R Maclean |
| Wellington | Edmund Barton | |
| Tuesday 30 November 1880 |||
| Bogan | George Cass Patrick Jennings | William Forlonge William Shorter |
| Bourke | Russell Barton | Joseph Olliffe |
| Gundagai | William Forster | Frederick Pinkstone Samuel Swift |
| Gwydir | William Campbell | |
| Upper Hunter | John McElhone John McLaughlin | William Clendinning |
| Wednesday 1 December 1880 |||
| Mudgee | Louis Beyers David Buchanan Samuel Terry | Joseph O'Connor Richard Rouse |
| Murrumbidgee | James Douglas George Loughnan | Auber Jones |
| Thursday 2 December 1880 |||
| Balranald | John Cramsie Robert Wilkinson | John O'Ryan James Warby |
| Monaro | Henry Badgery Robert Tooth | W T Cohen John Toohey |
| Murray | William Hay Alexander Wilson | Robert Barbour Edward Killen |
| New England | Henry Copeland William Proctor | Jeremiah O'Connell |
| Tamworth | Sydney Burdekin Robert Levien | Hanley Bennett Michael Burke |
| Wentworth | William Brodribb | |