Candidates of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election

This is a list of candidates for the 1872 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 13 February to 28 March 1872.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members

• Archibald Bell MLA (Upper Hunter)
• Arthur Dight MLA (Windsor)
• James Fallon MLA (Hume)
• James Hart MLA (Monaro)
• Lewis Levy MLA (Liverpool Plains)
• John Morrice MLA (Camden)
• James Osborne MLA (Illawarra)
• William Speer MLA (West Sydney)
• John Suttor MLA (East Macquarie)
• William Suttor MLA (Bathurst)

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
Tuesday 13 February 1872
East Sydney	John Macintosh James Neale Henry Parkes Saul Samuel	William Barker David Buchanan George King James Martin Bowie Wilson
Thursday 15 February 1872
West Sydney	John Booth Joseph Raphael John Robertson Joseph Wearne	Robert Campbell Richard Dransfield Henry Fisher Samuel Goold George Lloyd William Windeyer
Saturday 17 February 1872
Paterson	William Arnold	George Townshend
Monday 19 February 1872
Glebe	George Allen	David Buchanan Charles Mossman
Tuesday 20 February 1872
Canterbury	Richard Hill John Lucas	John Davis William Henson Richard Wynne
Morpeth	James Campbell	John Keating J D Nelson
Paddington	John Sutherland
Parramatta	James Farnell Hugh Taylor	James Byrnes
Windsor	Richard Driver	William Walker
Wednesday 21 February 1872
Northumberland	James Hannell	Thomas Adam William Brookes Henry Langley Francis O'Brien James Pemell
Tumut	James Hoskins	Edward Brown
Wollombi	James Cunneen	Joseph Eckford
Thursday 22 February 1872
Central Cumberland	John Hurley John Lackey	Samuel Barber Frederick Birmingham Henry Zions
East Macquarie	William Cummings James Martin	Joseph Innes John Smith (b 1811)
Friday 23 February 1872
Bathurst	Edward Combes	Henry Rotton
Kiama	John Stewart
Saturday 24 February 1872
East Maitland	Stephen Scholey	Alexander Dodds Archibald Hamilton
West Macquarie	Edmund Webb	George Thornton
Monday 26 February 1872
Camden	Thomas Garrett Arthur Onslow	Richard Roberts
Carcoar	Thomas West
Eden	Henry Clarke	William Clements John D'Arcy
Tuesday 27 February 1872
Patrick's Plains	William Browne	Alexander Bowman
Wednesday 28 February 1872
Nepean	Joseph Single	James Rodd James Ryan Henry Woods
Wellington	John Samuel Smith	William Dalley William Forlonge Andrew Ross Gerald Spring George Stephen
Thursday 29 February 1872
Hastings	Robert Smith	Eugene Fattorini James Garvan
Illawarra	William Forster	John Brown Andrew Lysaght
Upper Hunter	John Creed	James White
Saturday 2 March 1872
Hunter	John Burns	John Dillon
Newcastle	George Lloyd	Daniel Macquarie
Monday 4 March 1872
Narellan	John Hurley	Joseph Leary William Walker
Newtown	Stephen Brown	Elias Bethel Edward Flood
Orange	Harris Nelson	Samuel Goold Andrew Kerr
Tuesday 5 March 1872
Braidwood	Edward Greville	George Alley Archibald Condon
Clarence	Thomas Bawden	Edward Madgwick
Goulburn	William Teece	Maurice Alexander
Shoalhaven	James Warden	John Roseby
West Maitland	Benjamin Lee	Joseph Eckford Archibald Hamilton
Wednesday 6 March 1872
Hartley	Thomas Brown	John Ardill Morris Asher James Byrnes E N Emmett John Garsed Joseph Johnson
Queanbeyan	Leopold De Salis	William O'Neill Charles Walsh
St Leonards	William Tunks	James Byrnes James French W H Wardle
Thursday 7 March 1872
Hawkesbury	Henry Moses William Piddington	Marshall Burdekin
Lower Hunter	Archibald Jacob	Robert Wisdom
Mudgee	Joseph Innes	Joseph O'Connor
Friday 8 March 1872
Argyle	Edward Butler
New England	Samuel Terry	William Windeyer
Williams	John Nowlan	William Watson
Yass Plains	Michael Fitzpatrick
Saturday 9 March 1872
Lachlan	James Watson	T R Icely
Monday 11 March 1872
Bogan	George Lord	Jeremiah Rundle Jean Serisier
Liverpool Plains	Hanley Bennett	Alexander Bowman William Gordon Francis Rusden George Wallace Bowie Wilson
Tuesday 12 March 1872
Murrumbidgee	William Macleay
Tenterfield	Robert Abbott	Colin Fraser
Friday 15 March 1872
Hume	James McLaurin	George Day
Monaro	William Grahame	Abram Moriarty
Thursday 21 March 1872
Gwydir	Thomas Dangar	Alexander Bowman Adolph Goldman David Jones John Macansh
Murray	Patrick Jennings
Monday 25 March 1872
Goldfields North	James Rodd	Charles Carey Robert Forster
Goldfields South	Ezekiel Baker	William Bedall
Goldfields West	David Buchanan	Simon Belinfante Walter Church James Plunkett
Thursday 28 March 1872
Balranald	Joseph Phelps

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1872–1874

References

• Green, Antony. "1872 election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.