# Candidates of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1889 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 1 February to 16 February 1889.

## Retiring Members
### Protectionist

* Frederick Crouch MLA (Richmond)
* John Gale MLA (Murray)
* Robert Smith MLA (Macleay)

### Free Trade

* Angus Cameron MLA (Kiama)
* William Cortis MLA (Bathurst)
* William Davis MLA (Canterbury)
* William Henson MLA (Canterbury)
* Isaac Ives MLA (St Leonards)
* Alexander Kethel MLA (West Sydney)
* William Martin MLA (Shoalhaven)
* George Matheson MLA (Glen Innes)
* John McElhone MLA (Upper Hunter)
* George Merriman MLA (West Sydney)
* Samuel Moore MLA (Inverell)
* Joseph Penzer MLA (Bogan)
* Fergus Smith MLA (West Macquarie)
* William Wilkinson MLA (Glebe)
* Alexander Wilson MLA (Bourke)
* George Withers MLA (South Sydney)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour and marked with an asterisk (*).
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 | Held by | Protectionist candidates | Free Trade candidates |
| Friday 1 February 1889 ||||
| Murrumbidgee | 3 Protectionist | David Copland* George Dibbs* James Gormly* | Alfred Miller Alexander Smith George Wilson |
| Saturday 2 February 1889 ||||
| Albury | Protectionist | George Day John Wilkinson* | |
| Argyle | 2 Free Trade | Solomon Meyer Thomas Rose | Edward Ball* William Holborow* |
| Balmain | 3 Free Trade 1 New | David Buchanan William Hutchinson Solomon Hyam William Inglis | George Clubb* Jacob Garrard* John Hawthorne* Frank Smith* |
| Bathurst | Free Trade | Francis Suttor | William Paul* |
| Boorowa | Protectionist | Thomas Slattery* | |
| Canterbury | 4 Free Trade | Wilfred Blacket Alexander Ralston John Watkin | Joseph Carruthers* Alexander Hutchison* John Wheeler* James Wilshire* |
| East Sydney | 4 Free Trade | Joseph Abbott Thomas O'Mara | Sydney Burdekin* William McMillan* George Reid* John Street* |
| Eden | 2 Protectionist | Henry Clarke* James Garvan* | Nicholas Downing |
| Glebe | 2 Free Trade | Michael Conlon Percy Lucas | Michael Chapman* Bruce Smith* |
| Goulburn | Free Trade | John Osborne | William Teece* |
| Molong | Protectionist | Andrew Ross* | |
| Newcastle | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade 1 New | Alexander Brown* James Fletcher* William Grahame* | Henry Brown James Ellis Charles Stokes |
| Newtown | 3 Free Trade | James Angus Richard Bellemey James Smith | Joseph Abbott* Nicholas Hawken* Edmund Molesworth* |
| Orange | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | Thomas Dalton* James Torpy* | William Clarke H M Woodhouse |
| Paddington | 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade 1 New | William Allen John McLaughlin John Neild John Walsh Robert Watkins | Alfred Allen* Robert King* John Shepherd* Jack Want* |
| Queanbeyan | Protectionist | Edward O'Sullivan* | Andrew Cunningham |
| Redfern | 4 Free Trade | David Davis Charles Goodchap* Peter Howe* William Schey Thomas Williamson | George Anderson John Beveridge William Stephen* John Sutherland* |
| St Leonards | 2 Free Trade 1 New | J G Griffin | John Burns* Edward Clark Joseph Cullen* Sir Henry Parkes* |
| South Sydney | 1 Protectionist 3 Free Trade | Walter Edmunds* James Toohey* William Traill* John Wright | James Martin* George Pile Alban Riley Bernhard Wise |
| Tumut | Protectionist | Travers Jones* | Walter Vivian |
| Wellington | Protectionist | David Ferguson* Michael O'Halloran | H N Montagu |
| West Sydney | 4 Free Trade | Francis Freehill Arthur Nelson John Wearne John Young | Francis Abigail* Alfred Lamb* Daniel O'Connor* Thomas Playfair* |
| Yass Plains | Protectionist | Thomas Colls* | |
| Monday 4 February 1889 ||||
| Balranald | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | Allen Lakeman* | Robert Wilkinson* |
| Braidwood | Protectionist | Alexander Ryrie* | John Lingen |
| Clarence | Protectionist | John McFarlane* | |
| East Maitland | Free Trade | | James Brunker* |
| Grafton | Protectionist | Richard Becher John See* | |
| Grenfell | Protectionist | Robert Vaughn | George Greene* |
| Gwydir | Protectionist | Thomas Hassall* | |
| Hume | 2 Protectionist | James Hayes* William Lyne* | |
| Murray | 2 Protectionist | Robert Barbour* John Chanter* | |
| New England | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | Henry Copeland* Charles Givney William Proctor | James Inglis* |
| Northumberland | 3 Protectionist | Joseph Creer* Ninian Melville* Thomas Walker* | Josiah Wright |
| Tamworth | 2 Protectionist | William Dowel* Robert Levien* | William Tribe |
| Upper Hunter | 2 Free Trade | William Abbott* Robert Fitzgerald* Thomas Hungerford | |
| Thursday 7 February 1889 ||||
| Monaro | 2 Protectionist | Henry Dawson* Harold Stephen* | David Myers |
| Saturday 9 February 1889 ||||
| Camden | 2 Free Trade 1 New | James Hanrahan John Kidd* William Richardson | Thomas Garrett* J Hodgson William McCourt* John Pidgeon |
| Carcoar | 2 Free Trade | Denis Donnelly Alfred Fremlin | Charles Garland* John Plumb* |
| Central Cumberland | 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade 1 New | Nathaniel Bull Alban Gee Warden Graves John Thorpe | Frank Farnell* John Linsley* John Nobbs* Robert Ritchie* |
| Gundagai | Free Trade | John Barnes* John McLaughlin | |
| Gunnedah | Free Trade | Harold Tilley | Edwin Turner |
| Hartley | Free Trade | J P T Caulfield Richard Inch | John Hurley* |
| Hastings and Manning | 2 Free Trade | Hugh McKinnon John Ruthven | Charles Roberts* James Young* |
| Hunter | Free Trade | William Turner | Robert Scobie* |
| Illawarra | 1 Free Trade 1 New | Frederic Jones Andrew Lysaght William Wiley | Joseph Mitchell* Francis Woodward* |
| Inverell | Free Trade | George Cruickshank* | Alexander Riddel |
| Kiama | Free Trade | John Roseby | Tom Cole George Fuller* |
| Morpeth | Protectionist | John Bowes Myles McRae* | John Clarke |
| Mudgee | 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade | Thomas Browne G W Townsend William Wall* | Reginald Black* John Haynes* V Kelly |
| Nepean | Free Trade | Thomas Smith | Samuel Lees* |
| Parramatta | Free Trade | Charles Byrnes | Hugh Taylor* |
| Patrick's Plains | Free Trade | William Browne | Albert Gould* |
| West Maitland | Free Trade | Thomas Hungerford | Richard Thompson* |
| Wollombi | Free Trade | Richard Stevenson* | Fred Walsh |
| Young | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | John Gough* James Mackinnon* John Miller | James Gordon William Lucas |
| Wednesday 13 February 1889 ||||
| Bogan | 2 Free Trade 1 New | William Alison* George Cass* John Kelly John Ryrie | William A'Beckett* Julius Caro |
| Bourke | 2 Free Trade 1 New | W H Daniell William Davis* Austin O'Grady Thomas Waddell* William Willis* | George Griffiths |
| Forbes | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | George Hutchinson Alfred Stokes* | Henry Cooke* Francis Cotton |
| Namoi | Free Trade | William Buchanan | Thomas Dangar* |
| Richmond | 2 Protectionist | William Bourke Thomas Ewing* Bruce Nicoll* John Perry* | |
| Shoalhaven | Free Trade | William Lovegrove | Philip Morton* |
| Sturt | Protectionist | Wyman Brown* Charles O'Neill | |
| Wentworth | Protectionist | Joseph Abbott* | |
| Wilcannia | Protectionist | Edward Dickens* | Charles Fartiere |
| Friday 16 February 1889 ||||
| Durham | Free Trade | John Wade | Herbert Brown* |
| East Macquarie | 2 Free Trade | Francis Suttor | Sydney Smith* James Tonkin* |
| Glen Innes | 1 Free Trade 1 New | William Fergusson Alexander Hutchison* Francis Wright* | Walter Vivian |
| Gloucester | Free Trade | Richard Price | John Hart Jonathan Seaver* |
| Hawkesbury | Free Trade | Thomas Rose | Alexander Bowman* |
| Macleay | 1 Protectionist 1 New | Otho Dangar* Phillip Hill Patrick Hogan* Frederick Panton Enoch Rudder Alfred Salmon | Charles Jeanneret Edmund Woodhouse |
| Tenterfield | Free Trade | Richard Stuart | Charles Lee* |
| West Macquarie | Free Trade | Paddy Crick | Bernhard Wise |