# Candidates of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1882 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 30 November to 21 December 1882.
There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

## Retiring Members

* Robert Abbott MLA (Hartley)
* Joseph Andrews MLA (Hastings and Manning)
* Louis Beyers MLA (Mudgee)
* John Bodel MLA (Forbes)
* John Brown MLA (Patrick's Plains)
* Charles Byrnes MLA (Parramatta)
* Henry Dangar MLA (East Sydney)
* Charles Fawcett MLA (Richmond)
* Augustus Fraser MLA (Tenterfield)
* James Fulford MLA (West Maitland)
* William Hay MLA (Murray)
* William Hezlet MLA (Paddington)
* Andrew Kerr MLA (Orange)
* Thomas Rutledge MLA (Queanbeyan)
* William Watson MLA (Young)

## 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 |
| Thursday 30 November 1882 |||
| East Sydney | Edmund Barton George Griffiths John McElhone George Reid | James Green Sir Henry Parkes Arthur Renwick |
| Newcastle | James Ellis James Fletcher | George Lloyd |
| Friday 1 December 1882 |||
| Glebe | George Allen | Michael Fitzpatrick |
| Goulburn | William Teece | |
| Saturday 2 December 1882 |||
| Balmain | Jacob Garrard William Hutchinson | William Pritchard John Taylor |
| Bathurst | Francis Suttor | Thomas Hellyer |
| Camden | Thomas Garrett William McCourt | John Kidd |
| Newtown | Henry Copeland Frederick Gibbes | William Foster Joseph Mitchell |
| Paddington | Robert Butcher William Trickett | William Allen John Neild Ebenezer Vickery |
| Parramatta | Hugh Taylor | James Farnell Cyrus Fuller |
| South Sydney | John Harris Joseph Olliffe William Poole George Withers | Sydney Burdekin George Carter John Davies |
| Monday 4 December 1882 |||
| Albury | George Day | Luke Gulson James Hayes |
| Hunter | John Burns | William Richardson |
| Queanbeyan | George De Salis | Percy Hodgkinson John Wright |
| Redfern | Alfred Fremlin John Sutherland Francis Wright | Thomas Williamson |
| Young | James Mackinnon Gerald Spring | James Watson |
| Tuesday 5 December 1882 |||
| Central Cumberland | John Lackey Andrew McCulloch | Nathaniel Bull |
| Nepean | Thomas Smith | Joseph Single |
| St Leonards | George Dibbs Bernhardt Holtermann | Cunningham Atchison William Muston Sir Henry Parkes Philip Richardson |
| West Sydney | Francis Abigail Angus Cameron George Merriman Daniel O'Connor | William Martin Jeremiah Murphy Edward O'Sullivan Charles Pilcher |
| Wednesday 6 December 1882 |||
| Carcoar | George Campbell Andrew Lynch | Thomas Fitzpatrick |
| East Maitland | James Brunker | |
| Orange | William Clarke Thomas Dalton | Benjamin Nelson James Torpy |
| Yass Plains | Louis Heydon | Henry Dodds |
| Thursday 7 December 1882 |||
| East Macquarie | Edward Combes Sydney Smith | |
| Namoi | Thomas Dangar | R H Hyman |
| Patrick's Plains | Albert Gould | William Browne John Elliott James Hutchinson |
| Shoalhaven | Frederick Humphery | John Roseby |
| West Maitland | Henry Cohen | Richard Thompson |
| Friday 8 December 1882 |||
| Forbes | Walter Coonan Alfred Stokes | Henry Cooke |
| Grenfell | Robert Vaughn | E B Whelan |
| Macleay | Robert Smith | Enoch Rudder |
| Tenterfield | Sir Henry Parkes | |
| Saturday 9 December 1882 |||
| Braidwood | Alexander Ryrie | |
| Canterbury | Henry Moses William Pigott Septimus Stephen | William Archer Mark Hammond William Henson Joseph Mitchell |
| Durham | Herbert Brown | |
| Grafton | John See | |
| Illawarra | Alexander Stuart | James Watson |
| Inverell | Richard Murray | Thomas Jones Thomas Mayne |
| Northumberland | Ninian Melville Atkinson Tighe | William Christie |
| Richmond | Samuel Gray | Patrick Hogan |
| Tumut | Thomas O'Mara | Arthur Renwick |
| Monday 11 December 1882 |||
| Argyle | John Gannon William Holborow | George Ranken |
| Eden | Henry Clarke James Garvan | |
| Hawkesbury | Henry McQuade | Alexander Bowman |
| Kiama | Harman Tarrant | John Davies |
| Mudgee | David Buchanan Sir John Robertson Adolphus Taylor | Thomas Browne George Davidson |
| Wellington | David Ferguson | William Shorter |
| Tuesday 12 December 1882 |||
| Clarence | John Purves | Richard Stevenson |
| Hastings and Manning | Charles Roberts James Young | Daniel Macquarie |
| Molong | Andrew Ross | Willoughby Andrew |
| Wollombi | Joseph Gorrick | Joseph Eckford |
| Wednesday 13 December 1882 |||
| Boorowa | Thomas Slattery | |
| Gundagai | Bruce Smith | Frederick Pinkstone |
| Gwydir | William Campbell | Thomas Hassall |
| Hume | Leyser Levin William Lyne | |
| Morpeth | Robert Wisdom | Archibald Jacob |
| Tamworth | John Gill Robert Levien | Michael Burke |
| West Macquarie | Thomas Hellyer | |
| Thursday 14 December 1882 |||
| Hartley | Walter Targett | John Hughes George Lloyd Charles Passmore John Shepherd |
| Monaro | Henry Badgery Robert Tooth | John Toohey |
| Upper Hunter | John McElhone John McLaughlin | Thomas Hungerford James Wilshire |
| Saturday 16 December 1882 |||
| Murray | Robert Barbour Alexander Wilson | Thomas Hanson Edward Killen |
| New England | James Farnell William Proctor | Jeremiah O'Connell |
| Monday 18 December 1882 |||
| Murrumbidgee | Auber Jones George Loughnan | James Douglas |
| Wentworth | Edward Quin | Evan Evans |
| Tuesday 19 December 1882 |||
| Bogan | George Cass Sir Patrick Jennings | William Forlonge |
| Bourke | Russell Barton Richard Machattie | Thomas Matthews |
| Wednesday 20 December 1882 |||
| Balranald | John Cramsie Robert Wilkinson | |
| Glen Innes | William Fergusson | |
| Gunnedah | Joseph Abbott | William Douglass |
| Thursday 21 November 1882 |||
| Gloucester | Robert White | William Christie Henry Hudson William Johnston |