# Candidates of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1891 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 17 June to 3 July 1891.

## Retiring Members
### Protectionist

* William Alison MLA (Bogan)
* Wyman Brown MLA (Sturt)
* Myles McRae MLA (Morpeth)
* Alfred Stokes MLA (Forbes)

### Free Trade

* Charles Garland MLA (Carcoar)
* Thomas Garrett MLA (Camden)
* Alexander Hutchison MLA (Canterbury)
* Joseph Mitchell MLA (Illawarra)
* John Shepherd MLA (Paddington)
* Edwin Turner MLA (Gunnedah)
* James Wilshire MLA (Canterbury)
* Francis Woodward MLA (Illawarra)

### Independent

* Adolphus Taylor MLA (West Sydney)
* Cecil Teece MLA (Goulburn)

## 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 candidate | Free Trade candidate | Labor candidate | Other candidates |
| Wednesday 17 June 1891 ||||||
| Balmain | 4 Free Trade | William Burns Samuel Davison Solomon Hyam Angus Mackey | George Clubb Jacob Garrard John Hawthorne Frank Smith | George Clark* Edward Darnley* James Johnston* William Murphy* | Robert Cropley (Ind FT) |
| Bathurst | Free Trade | Francis Suttor* | William Paul | | |
| Canterbury | 4 Free Trade | William Webster | Joseph Carruthers* William Henson Griffith Russell-Jones John Wheeler* | Thomas Bavister* Cornelius Danahey* John Grant | James Eve (Ind FT) |
| Central Cumberland | 4 Free Trade | Walter Airey Cyrus Fuller | David Dale* Frank Farnell* John Nobbs* Robert Ritchie* | John Gannon John Marshall | John Ferguson (Ind FT) John Forsyth (Ind FT) Thomas Taylor (Ind FT) |
| East Maitland | Free Trade | John Rigg | James Brunker* | | |
| East Sydney | 1 Protectionist 3 Free Trade | Edmund Barton* Walter Bradley William Manning | William McMillan* Varney Parkes* | William Grantham | George Reid* (Ind FT) |
| Glebe | 2 Free Trade | Michael Conlon | Michael Chapman Bruce Smith* | Thomas Houghton* | John Meeks (Ind FT) Fred Walsh (Ind FT) |
| Goulburn | Independent | Albert Lansdowne | Frederick Furner | Aiden Doyle Leslie Hollis* | |
| Hawkesbury | Free Trade | | Alexander Bowman* William Morgan | | |
| Morpeth | Protectionist | John Bowes* John Courtney | William Arnold Malcolm Martin | | |
| Nepean | Free Trade | Thomas Smith | Samuel Lees* | | |
| Newcastle | 2 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | Alexander Brown William Grahame* Thomas Hungerford | James Curley George Webb | John Fegan* David Scott* | |
| Newtown | 3 Free Trade 1 New | Richard Bellemy Wilfred Blacket James Smith | Joseph Abbott* Nicholas Hawken Edmund Molesworth* John Salmon | Francis Cotton* John Hindle* | Marcus Clark (Ind FT) Thomas Midelton (Ind) |
| Paddington | 4 Free Trade | William Allen William Martin James Roberts | Alfred Allen* Charles Hellmrich Robert King James Marks* John Neild* | George Dyson | Jack Want* (Ind FT) |
| Parramatta | Free Trade | William Ferris | Tom Moxham Hugh Taylor* | | |
| Redfern | 3 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | George Garton Peter Howe Henry Hoyle* William Schey* | George Anderson John Beveridge William Manuell William Stephen | James McGowen* William Sharp* | William Coombes (Ind FT) |
| St Leonards | 3 Free Trade | Francis Punch | John Burns Joseph Cullen* Sir Henry Parkes* | Edward Clark* | Jonathan Seaver (Ind FT) |
| South Sydney | 3 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | George Dibbs Walter Edmunds James Toohey* William Traill* | Edward Foxall James Martin* John McDonagh Bernhard Wise* | Frederick Flowers William Higgs | |
| West Maitland | Free Trade | Hugh Lusk | John Gillies* Richard Thompson | | |
| West Sydney | 3 Free Trade 1 Independent | John Young | Francis Abigail Daniel O'Connor Thomas Playfair Frederick Woolcott-Waley | George Black* Thomas Davis* Jack FitzGerald* Andrew Kelly* | |
| Friday 19 June 1891 ||||||
| Albury | Protectionist | John Wilkinson* | Luke Gulson | | |
| Carcoar | 2 Free Trade | Ezekiel Baker Denis Donnelly* Alfred Fremlin | Charles Jeanneret* John Plumb | | |
| East Macquarie | 2 Free Trade | Alfred Hales | Sydney Smith* James Tonkin* | | |
| Hunter | Free Trade | John Connelly James Pritchard | Robert Scobie* | | |
| Kiama | Free Trade | Thomas Kennedy | George Fuller* | | |
| Patrick's Plains | Free Trade | Alfred de Lissa | Albert Gould* | | |
| Shoalhaven | Free Trade | | Philip Morton* | John Maclean | |
| Tenterfield | Free Trade | | Charles Lee* | | |
| Saturday 20 June 1891 ||||||
| Argyle | 2 Free Trade | Edward Graham Thomas Rose* | Edward Ball William Holborow* | | |
| Camden | 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade | James Hanrahan John Kidd* William Richardson John Walters | William Cullen* William McCourt* John Morris | | John Campbell (Ind FT) |
| Hartley | 1 Free Trade 1 New | Evan Jones | George Donald* John Hurley Charles Passmore John Tabrett | Joseph Cook* | Thomas Richardson (Ind) |
| Hastings and Manning | 2 Free Trade | Hugh McKinnon* John Ruthven | Walter Vivian James Young* | | |
| Orange | 2 Protectionist | Thomas Dalton James Torpy* | | Patrick Bourke Harry Newman* | |
| Wellington | Protectionist | Michael O'Halloran Thomas Quirk Thomas York* | | | |
| West Macquarie | Protectionist | Paddy Crick* | Charles Boyd | | |
| Monday 22 June 1891 ||||||
| Grafton | Protectionist | John See* | | | |
| Macleay | 2 Protectionist | L L Boshell Patrick Hogan* John McLaughlin Enoch Rudder | | | Otho Dangar* (Ind Prot) |
| Mudgee | 1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade | George Waldron William Wall* | Reginald Black | James Cook | John Haynes* (Ind FT) Robert Jones* (Ind FT) |
| Wednesday 24 June 1891 ||||||
| Boorowa | Protectionist | Malcolm Burns Thomas Slattery* | Albert Middleton | | |
| Braidwood | Protectionist | Austin Chapman* Alexander Ryrie | George Tompsitt | | |
| Clarence | Protectionist | John McFarlane* | | | |
| Eden | 2 Protectionist | Henry Clarke* James Garvan* | William Neilley | | William Boot (Ind Prot) Richard Crabb (Ind Prot) |
| Forbes | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | Joseph Reymond | Henry Cooke | Albert Gardiner* George Hutchinson* | |
| Illawarra | 2 Free Trade | Andrew Lysaght* | Thomas Bissell Archibald Campbell Frederick Franklin | John Nicholson* | |
| Inverell | Protectionist | George Cruickshank* | | | |
| Northumberland | 3 Protectionist | Joseph Creer Ninian Melville* Thomas Walker* | | Alfred Edden* James Thomson | |
| Queanbeyan | Protectionist | Edward O'Sullivan* | Alfred Conroy | | |
| Richmond | 3 Protectionist | Richard Luscombe George Martin Samuel Northcote James Stock | | | Thomas Ewing* (Ind Prot) Bruce Nicoll* (Ind Prot) John Perry* (Ind Prot) |
| Tamworth | 2 Protectionist | William Dowel* Robert Levien* | William Tribe | Raymond Walsh | |
| Tumut | Protectionist | Travers Jones | Edward Brown* | | |
| Upper Hunter | 2 Protectionist | William Abbott Robert Fitzgerald* | John McElhone Frederick Morris | Thomas Williams* | |
| Yass Plains | Protectionist | Thomas Colls* Bernard Grogan | William Affleck | Gustavus Herfort | |
| Thursday 25 June 1891 ||||||
| New England | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade 1 New | Henry Copeland* William Proctor Charles Wilson | James Inglis* Edmund Lonsdale* George Meallin | | |
| Friday 26 June 1891 ||||||
| Namoi | 1 Free Trade 1 New | | Charles Collins* John Mackay | Job Sheldon* | |
| Wentworth | Protectionist | | | | Joseph Abbott* (Ind Speaker) |
| Saturday 27 June 1891 ||||||
| Durham | Free Trade | James Boydell William Donnelly | Herbert Brown* | | |
| Glen Innes | 2 Protectionist | Alexander Hutchison* Christopher Legh Francis Wright* | George Simpson | | |
| Gloucester | Free Trade | Richard Price | John Hart* | | |
| Grenfell | Free Trade | James Gibson | Thomas Bembrick George Greene | Robert Vaughn* | |
| Gundagai | Protectionist | John Barnes* | Henry Deakin | | |
| Gunnedah | Free Trade | Thomas Browne Michael Burke Robert Doolan | | John Kirkpatrick* | |
| Young | 2 Protectionist | | James Gordon William Lucas | John Gough* James Mackinnon* | |
| Monday 29 June 1891 ||||||
| Balranald | 1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | Alexander Cameron Allen Lakeman | Robert Wilkinson* | James Newton* | |
| Bogan | 2 Protectionist 1 Free Trade | George Cass* Tottenham Richardson William Wilkinson | William A'Beckett Robert Booth* Francis Conder | James Morgan* John Prince | |
| Molong | Protectionist | Andrew Ross* | John Hurley | Cornelius Lindsay | |
| Murray | 2 Protectionist | Robert Barbour* John Chanter* | George Chandler | | |
| Murrumbidgee | 3 Protectionist | David Copland George Dibbs* James Gormly* Patrick Heffernan | John Peadon | Arthur Rae* | |
| Wollombi | Protectionist | Richard Stevenson* | Joseph Gorrick | | |
| Tuesday 30 June 1891 ||||||
| Hume | 2 Protectionist | James Hayes* Sidney Lindeman William Lyne* John O'Brien | Walter Harper | | |
| Monaro | 2 Protectionist | Henry Dawson* Gus Miller* Charles Welch | Daniel O'Connor | | |
| Sturt | Protectionist | | | John Cann* | |
| Wilcannia | Protectionist | Edward Dickens* | | | |
| Friday 3 July 1891 ||||||
| Bourke | 3 Protectionist | William Davis Peter Howe* Austin O'Grady Thomas Waddell William Willis* | Edward Millen | | Hugh Langwell* (Ind Lab) |
| Gwydir | Protectionist | Thomas Hassall* | | Leonard Court | |