# Candidates of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1887 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 4 February to 26 February 1887.
This was the first election at which there were recognisable political parties in New South Wales: the Free Trade Party of Premier Sir Henry Parkes, and the Protectionist Party. In general, candidates classified as independent protectionists were protectionists who supported Parkes, while independent free traders were free traders who opposed him.

## Retiring Members

Bourke MLAs Russell Barton and William Sawers had resigned on 2 December 1886 and a poll held, however parliament was dissolved before the writ was returned.
* Ezekiel Baker MLA (Carcoar)
* Edmund Barton MLA (East Sydney) – appointed to Legislative Council
* Alexander Bolton MLA (Murrumbidgee)
* Michael Burke MLA (Tamworth)
* Robert Butcher MLA (Paddington)
* Charles Collins MLA (Namoi)
* Walter Coonan MLA (Forbes)
* John Cramsie MLA (Balranald)
* Mark Hammond MLA (Canterbury)
* Patrick Hogan MLA (Richmond)
* Frederick Humphery MLA (Shoalhaven)
* Sir Patrick Jennings MLA (Bogan)
* William Judd MLA (Canterbury)
* Lewis Lloyd MLA (West Macquarie)
* Joseph Olliffe MLA (South Sydney)
* William Proctor MLA (New England)
* Edward Quin MLA (Wentworth)
* Septimus Stephen MLA (Canterbury)
* Francis Tait MLA (Argyle)
* Robert White MLA (Gloucester)
* Thomas Williamson MLA (Redfern)
* Robert Wisdom MLA (Morpeth)

## 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 | Protectionist candidates | Free Trade candidates | Other candidates |
| Friday 4 February 1887 ||||
| St Leonards | | Isaac Ives* Sir Henry Parkes* | |
| Saturday 5 February 1887 ||||
| Balmain | Thomas Belgrave Solomon Hyam Aaron Wheeler | Jacob Garrard* John Hawthorne* Frank Smith* | |
| East Sydney | William Traill | Sydney Burdekin* William McMillan* George Reid* John Street* | |
| Glebe | Stephen Byrne | William Bailey Michael Chapman* John Meeks William Wilkinson* | |
| Goulburn | | William Teece* | |
| Newcastle | James Fletcher* | James Ellis* George Lloyd | |
| Newtown | James Smith | William Foster* Frederick Gibbes* Nicholas Hawken* | |
| Parramatta | | Hugh Taylor* | |
| Redfern | Alfred Fremlin Peter Howe Arthur Renwick | James Farnell* William Schey* William Stephen* John Sutherland* | |
| South Sydney | Edward Bennett John Davies Archibald Forsyth Alfred Miller James Toohey* | Alban Riley* Bernhard Wise* George Withers* | Michael Simmons (Ind) |
| West Sydney | Arthur Nelson William Westman John Young | Francis Abigail* Alexander Kethel* George Merriman* Daniel O'Connor* William Pritchard | |
| Monday 7 February 1887 ||||
| Nepean | | Samuel Lees* | Thomas Smith (Ind FT) |
| Wednesday 9 February 1887 ||||
| Bathurst | Francis Suttor | William Cortis* | |
| Hastings and Manning | Walter Targett | Charles Roberts* James Young* | |
| Orange | Thomas Dalton* George Hawke | William Clarke* | |
| Paddington | William Allen | Alfred Allen* John McLaughlin John Neild* John Shepherd William Trickett* | Edwin Bottrell (Ind) |
| Thursday 10 February 1887 ||||
| East Maitland | | James Brunker* | |
| Grafton | John See* | | |
| New England | Henry Copeland* Charles Givney | James Inglis* | |
| Friday 11 February 1887 ||||
| Albury | George Day* | William Smith | |
| Argyle | Thomas Rose | Edward Ball* William Holborow* | |
| Boorowa | Thomas Slattery* | | |
| Camden | James Hanrahan | Thomas Garrett* John Kidd William McCourt* | |
| Clarence | John McFarlane* | John Purves | |
| East Macquarie | Paddy Crick | Sydney Smith* James Tonkin* | |
| West Maitland | | Richard Thompson* | |
| Saturday 12 February 1887 ||||
| Canterbury | John Watkin | William Cameron Joseph Carruthers* William Davis* William Henson* Alexander Hutchison* Richard McCoy George Wallace John Wheeler James Wilshire | |
| Carcoar | Francis Freehill | Charles Garland* Charles Jeanneret* | |
| Central Cumberland | Nathaniel Bull | Frank Farnell* Andrew McCulloch* John Nobbs Varney Parkes* | |
| Hartley | Brisbane Doyle John Young | John Hurley* | Richard Inch (Ind FT) |
| Hawkesbury | | Alexander Bowman* | John Griffin (Ind FT) Thomas Primrose (Ind) |
| Hunter | | John Burns* | |
| Kiama | | Angus Cameron* | |
| Molong | | | Andrew Ross* (Ind Prot) |
| Monday 14 February 1887 ||||
| Braidwood | Alexander Ryrie* | John Lingen | |
| Forbes | Joseph Reymond Alfred Stokes* | Henry Cooke* | |
| Patrick's Plains | | Albert Gould* | |
| Shoalhaven | William Lovegrove | William Martin* | |
| Tuesday 15 February 1887 ||||
| Hume | James Hayes* William Lyne* | | |
| Mudgee | John Carden Richard Rouse William Wall* | Reginald Black* John Haynes Adolphus Taylor* | |
| Wednesday 16 February 1887 ||||
| Grenfell | Robert Vaughn* | A L Park | |
| Gundagai | Robert Newman | | Jack Want* (Ind FT) |
| Gunnedah | Thomas Goodwin* | J Poole | |
| Morpeth | John Bowes* | Myles McRae | |
| Thursday 17 February 1887 ||||
| Eden | Henry Clarke* James Garvan* | | |
| Gwydir | Thomas Hassall* | | |
| Northumberland | Andrew Love Ninian Melville* John Osborne Thomas Walker* | Nicholas Downing | Joseph Creer* (Ind Prot) |
| West Macquarie | Paddy Crick John Hughes | Fergus Smith* | |
| Friday 18 February 1887 ||||
| Illawarra | Andrew Lysaght | Francis Woodward* | |
| Upper Hunter | William Abbott | Robert Fitzgerald* Thomas Hungerford John McElhone* | |
| Saturday 19 February 1887 ||||
| Glen Innes | Alexander Hutchison | George Matheson* | |
| Inverell | George Cruickshank | Samuel Moore* | |
| Queanbeyan | Edward O'Sullivan* | George Tompsitt | |
| Tumut | Travers Jones* | Nathaniel Emanuel | |
| Wellington | David Ferguson* | W J Hill | |
| Wollombi | | Richard Stevenson* George Watt | |
| Yass Plains | Thomas Colls* | Henry Donaldson | |
| Young | James Mackinnon* Gerald Spring | James Gordon* William Lucas | |
| Monday 21 February 1887 ||||
| Tamworth | William Dowel* Robert Levien* | Eustace Pratt William Tribe | |
| Tenterfield | William Richardson | Charles Lee* | |
| Tuesday 22 February 1887 ||||
| Bourke | William Willis | Thomas Waddell* Alexander Wilson* | |
| Namoi | | George Dale Thomas Dangar* | |
| Wednesday 23 February 1887 ||||
| Bogan | Rene Berteaux George Cass | John Kelly* Joseph Penzer* | |
| Gloucester | George Perry | John Hart John McLaughlin Jonathan Seaver* | |
| Macleay | Robert Smith* | | Enoch Rudder (Ind Prot) |
| Thursday 24 February 1887 ||||
| Balranald | | | Alexander Cameron (Ind) Allen Lakeman* (Ind Prot) Robert Wilkinson* (Ind FT) |
| Murrumbidgee | John Gale* James Gormly* | Robert Reynolds | George Dibbs* (Ind FT) |
| Friday 25 February 1887 ||||
| Monaro | Henry Dawson* Harold Stephen | Herbert Elles | Thomas O'Mara* (Ind Prot) |
| Saturday 26 February 1887 ||||
| Durham | | Herbert Brown* | John Wade (Ind FT) |
| Murray | Robert Barbour* John Chanter* | William Virgoe | |
| Richmond | Frederick Crouch* Thomas Ewing* | James Barrie R E De B Lopez | |
| Wentworth | Joseph Abbott* Thomas Browne William Fergusson | | William MacGregor* (Ind FT) |