Candidates of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election explained

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

Free Trade

Independent

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.

ElectorateHeld byProtectionist candidateFree Trade candidateLabor candidateOther candidates
Wednesday 17 June 1891
William Burns
Samuel Davison
Solomon Hyam
Angus Mackey
George Clubb
Jacob Garrard
John Hawthorne
Frank Smith
George Clark Robert Cropley (Ind FT)
Francis SuttorWilliam Paul
Joseph Carruthers Thomas BavisterJames Eve (Ind FT)
Walter Airey
Cyrus Fuller
David Dale John Gannon
John Marshall
John Ferguson (Ind FT)
John Forsyth (Ind FT)
Thomas Taylor (Ind FT)
John Rigg James Brunker
Edmund BartonWilliam McMillan William Grantham George Reid
Michael Conlon Michael Chapman
Bruce Smith*
Thomas HoughtonJohn Meeks (Ind FT)
Fred Walsh (Ind FT)
Albert Lansdowne Frederick Furner Aiden Doyle
Leslie Hollis*
Alexander Bowman
John Bowes

  • John Courtney
William Arnold
Malcolm Martin
Samuel Lees
James Curley
George Webb
John Fegan
3 Free Trade
1 New
Joseph Abbott Francis Cotton Marcus Clark (Ind FT)
Thomas Midelton (Ind)
William Allen
William Martin
James Roberts
Alfred Allen George Dyson Jack Want
Tom Moxham
Hugh Taylor*
George Garton
Peter Howe
Henry Hoyle*
William Schey*
George Anderson
John Beveridge
William Manuell
William Stephen
James McGowen William Coombes (Ind FT)
Francis Punch John Burns
Joseph Cullen*
Sir Henry Parkes*
Edward ClarkJonathan Seaver (Ind FT)
George Dibbs
Walter Edmunds
James Toohey*
William Traill*
Edward Foxall
James Martin*
John McDonagh
Bernhard Wise*
Hugh Lusk John Gillies
Francis Abigail
Daniel O'Connor
Thomas Playfair
Frederick Woolcott-Waley
George Black
Friday 19 June 1891
John WilkinsonLuke Gulson
Charles Jeanneret
Sydney Smith
John Connelly
James Pritchard
Robert Scobie
Thomas Kennedy George Fuller
Albert Gould
Philip MortonJohn Maclean
Charles Lee
Saturday 20 June 1891
Edward Graham
Thomas Rose*
Edward Ball
William Holborow*
James Hanrahan
John Kidd*
William Richardson
John Walters
William Cullen John Campbell (Ind FT)
1 Free Trade
1 New
Evan Jones George Donald Joseph CookThomas Richardson (Ind)
Hugh McKinnon

  • John Ruthven
Walter Vivian
James Young*
Thomas Dalton
James Torpy*
Patrick Bourke
Harry Newman*
Michael O'Halloran
Thomas Quirk
Thomas York*
Paddy CrickCharles Boyd
Monday 22 June 1891
John See
L L Boshell
Patrick Hogan*
John McLaughlin
Enoch Rudder
Otho Dangar
George Waldron
William Wall*
Reginald Black James Cook John Haynes
Wednesday 24 June 1891
Malcolm Burns
Thomas Slattery*
Albert Middleton
Austin Chapman George Tompsitt
John McFarlane
Henry Clarke William Neilley William Boot (Ind Prot)
Richard Crabb (Ind Prot)
Henry Cooke Albert Gardiner
Andrew LysaghtThomas Bissell
Archibald Campbell
Frederick Franklin
John Nicholson
George Cruickshank
Joseph Creer
Ninian Melville*
Thomas Walker*
Alfred Edden
Edward O'Sullivan
Richard Luscombe
George Martin
Samuel Northcote
James Stock
Thomas Ewing
William Dowel William Tribe
Travers Jones Edward Brown
William Abbott
Robert Fitzgerald*
John McElhone
Frederick Morris
Thomas Williams
Thomas Colls

  • Bernard Grogan
Gustavus Herfort
Thursday 25 June 1891
1 Protectionist
1 Free Trade
1 New
Henry CopelandJames Inglis
Friday 26 June 1891
1 Free Trade
1 New
Charles Collins

  • John Mackay
Job Sheldon
Joseph Abbott
Saturday 27 June 1891
James Boydell
William Donnelly
Herbert Brown
Alexander Hutchison
John Hart
James Gibson Thomas Bembrick
George Greene
Robert Vaughn
John BarnesHenry Deakin
Thomas Browne
Michael Burke
Robert Doolan
John Kirkpatrick
James Gordon
William Lucas
John Gough
Monday 29 June 1891
Alexander Cameron
Allen Lakeman
Robert WilkinsonJames Newton
George Cass

  • Tottenham Richardson
    William Wilkinson
William A'Beckett
Robert Booth*
Francis Conder
James Morgan

  • John Prince
Andrew RossJohn Hurley Cornelius Lindsay
Robert Barbour George Chandler
David Copland
George Dibbs*
James Gormly*
Patrick Heffernan
John Peadon Arthur Rae
Richard Stevenson
Tuesday 30 June 1891
James Hayes Walter Harper
Henry Dawson Daniel O'Connor
John Cann
Edward Dickens
Friday 3 July 1891
William Davis
Peter Howe*
Austin O'Grady
Thomas Waddell
William Willis*
Hugh Langwell
Thomas HassallLeonard Court

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