# Candidates of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1885 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 16 October to 31 October 1885.
This was the last election at which there was no recognisable party structure.

## Retiring members

* David Buchanan MLA (Mudgee)
* George Campbell MLA (Carcoar)
* Henry Cohen MLA (West Maitland)
* Edward Combes MLA (East Macquarie)
* George De Salis MLA (Queanbeyan)
* James Farnell MLA (New England) — appointed to the Legislative Council
* Alfred Fremlin MLA (Redfern)
* Samuel Gray MLA (Richmond)
* John Harris MLA (South Sydney)
* William Hutchinson MLA (Balmain)
* Auber Jones MLA (Murrumbidgee)
* Leyser Levin MLA (Hume)
* George Loughnan MLA (Murrumbidgee)
* William McCourt MLA (Camden)
* David Ryrie MLA (Monaro)
* Sir Alexander Stuart MLA (Illawarra)
* James Watson MLA (Gundagai)

## 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 |
| Friday 16 October 1885 |||
| Albury | George Day | Luke Gulson |
| Balmain | Jacob Garrard John Hawthorne Solomon Hyam | Edward Buchanan Samuel Davison Maurice Fitzharding |
| Canterbury | Mark Hammond William Henson William Judd Septimus Stephen | Alexander Hutchison Richard McCoy Alban Riley Thomas Robertson |
| East Maitland | James Brunker | |
| East Sydney | Edmund Barton Sydney Burdekin Henry Copeland George Reid | George Brown George Griffiths Samuel Lees |
| Glebe | John Meeks William Wilkinson | William Bailey Michael Chapman |
| Hartley | Walter Targett | Brisbane Doyle |
| Kiama | Harman Tarrant | Philip Holdsworth |
| Nepean | Thomas Smith | Thomas Cross |
| Newcastle | James Fletcher George Lloyd | James Ellis |
| Newtown | William Foster Frederick Gibbes James Smith | Richard Bellemey Nicholas Hawken Joseph Mitchell |
| Northumberland | Joseph Creer Ninian Melville | Joseph Gorrick Richard Luscombe George Perry Thomas Walker |
| Paddington | Robert Butcher John Neild William Trickett | Alfred Allen Charles Cansdell Charles Hellmrich John McLaughlin |
| Parramatta | Hugh Taylor | William Ferris |
| Redfern | Arthur Renwick John Sutherland Thomas Williamson | John Martin William Stephen Francis Wright |
| St Leonards | Isaac Ives Sir Henry Parkes | Edward Clark George Dibbs |
| South Sydney | John Davies Archibald Forsyth Joseph Olliffe James Toohey | Alfred Miller Edward O'Sullivan William Poole William Richardson George Withers |
| West Maitland | Richard Thompson | Walter Edmunds |
| West Sydney | Francis Abigail Alexander Kethel Daniel O'Connor John Young | Angus Cameron George Merriman |
| Saturday 17 October 1885 |||
| Orange | William Clarke Thomas Dalton | Valentine Heaton |
| Monday 19 October 1885 |||
| Boorowa | Thomas Slattery | Argyle McCallum |
| Camden | Thomas Garrett John Kidd | Henry Badgery |
| Glen Innes | William Fergusson | Alexander Hutchison W O Pomeroy |
| Gunnedah | Joseph Abbott | Ethelbert Clemesha |
| Hawkesbury | Alexander Bowman | Henry McQuade |
| Illawarra | Andrew Lysaght | William Wiley Francis Woodward |
| Inverell | Samuel Moore | Richard Murray |
| Macleay | Robert Smith | Otho Dangar |
| Shoalhaven | Frederick Humphery | |
| Yass Plains | Louis Heydon | Richard Colonna-Close |
| Tuesday 20 October 1885 |||
| Clarence | John Purves | Allen Cameron Richard Stevenson |
| Grafton | John See | |
| Hastings and Manning | Charles Roberts James Young | Hugh McKinnon G W Tait |
| Wellington | David Ferguson | E Bennett Paddy Crick |
| Wednesday 21 October 1885 |||
| Tamworth | Michael Burke Robert Levien | William Dowel John Gill A H Sampson |
| Thursday 22 October 1885 |||
| Argyle | William Holborow Francis Tait | Edward Ball |
| Forbes | Walter Coonan Alfred Stokes | Henry Cooke |
| Grenfell | Robert Vaughn | E B Whelan |
| Gundagai | Jack Want | Gerard Phillips |
| Morpeth | Robert Wisdom | Robert Pierce |
| West Macquarie | Lewis Lloyd | James Fitzpatrick |
| Young | Gerald Spring William Watson | James Mackinnon |
| Friday 23 October 1885 |||
| Bathurst | Francis Suttor | John Meagher |
| Braidwood | Alexander Ryrie | Angus Cameron |
| Carcoar | Ezekiel Baker Charles Garland | Francis Freehill |
| Gwydir | William Campbell | Thomas Dangar |
| Hume | James Hayes William Lyne | Edmund Bond John Gale |
| Hunter | John Burns | |
| Mudgee | Thomas Browne Sir John Robertson Adolphus Taylor | Louis Beyers John Hurley |
| Queanbeyan | Edward O'Sullivan | William Affleck Percy Hodgkinson William O'Neill John Wright |
| Saturday 24 October 1885 |||
| Gloucester | Robert White | |
| Monday 26 October 1885 |||
| Bogan | George Cass Sir Patrick Jennings | John Kelly |
| Bourke | Russell Barton William Sawers | Richard Machattie Austin O'Grady |
| Durham | Herbert Brown | William Johnston |
| East Macquarie | Sydney Smith John Shepherd | John Hughes James Tonkin |
| Namoi | Charles Collins | William Wright |
| Upper Hunter | Robert Fitzgerald Thomas Hungerford | John McElhone |
| Tuesday 27 October 1885 |||
| Goulburn | William Teece | |
| Wednesday 28 October 1885 |||
| Balranald | John Cramsie Robert Wilkinson | Allen Lakeman |
| Patrick's Plains | Albert Gould | William Browne |
| Richmond | Thomas Ewing Patrick Hogan | Frederick Crouch George Dibbs |
| Thursday 29 October 1885 |||
| Central Cumberland | Nathaniel Bull Andrew McCulloch Varney Parkes | Frank Farnell Cyrus Fuller Charles Scrivener Henry Statham |
| Eden | Henry Clarke James Garvan | Henry Walker |
| Molong | Andrew Ross | Fergus Smith |
| Murray | Robert Barbour John Chanter | Alexander Wilson |
| Friday 30 October 1885 |||
| Monaro | Henry Dawson Harold Stephen | H M Joseph Henry Merrett Thomas O'Mara |
| Tenterfield | Charles Lee | |
| Tumut | Travers Jones | Nathaniel Emanuel James Hoskins |
| Saturday 31 October 1885 |||
| Murrumbidgee | Alexander Bolton George Dibbs James Gormly | Frank Cowley James Douglas |
| New England | James Inglis William Proctor | William Dowel William Drew Charles Givney |
| Wentworth | William MacGregor Edward Quin | |
| Wollombi | Lyall Scott | George Anderson A S Jaques Walter Vivian |