Candidates of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election explained

This is a list of candidates for the 1858 New South Wales colonial election. The election was held from 13 January to 12 February 1858.

There was no recognisable party structure at this election.

Retiring Members

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.

ElectorateSuccessful candidatesUnsuccessful candidates
Wednesday 13 January 1858
John Campbell
Daniel Cooper
Robert Tooth
Friday 15 January 1858
William Allen
William Dalley
Frank Fowler
James Wilshire
Tuesday 19 January 1858
James Byrnes
George Oakes
James Pye
Thursday 21 January 1858
John Oxley
Friday 22 January 1858
William Dalley William Bowman
William Redman
George Alley
Henry Osborne
Saturday 23 January 1858
Daniel Deniehy
Monday 25 January 1858
William Suttor
Tuesday 26 January 1858
Wednesday 27 January 1858
Robert Jamison
James Martin
Thursday 28 January 1858
Henry Parkes
Thomas Smith
Richard Hill
James Dickson
Elias Weekes
Terence Murray John Hardy
Arthur Holroyd
Saturday 30 January 1858
Stuart Donaldson
Edward Flood
Thomas Holt
George Smith
Clark Irving
Monday 1 February 1858
Benjamin Cribb
John Richardson
Edward Browne
Tuesday 2 February 1858
William Lee
Friday 5 February 1858
William Arnold
Samuel Gordon
Richard Jones
Edward Hargraves
Daniel Egan George Hebden
William Forster N S Powell
George Cox
Monday 8 February 1858
Peter Faucett
Henry Buckley
Tuesday 9 February 1858
John Hay
George Macleay
Eugene Owen
Wednesday 10 February 1858
Thomas Barker
William Pennington
George Lord
Thursday 11 February 1858
Edward Flood
John Piper Egan
Thomas Rusden
John Robertson
Friday 12 February 1858
Arthur Macalister

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