Candidates of the New South Wales colonial election, 1891

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

Adolphus Taylor MLA (West Sydney)
Cecil Teece MLA (Goulburn)

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.

Electorate	Held by	Protectionist candidate	Free Trade candidate	Labor candidate	Other candidates

Wednesday 17 June 1891
Balmain	4 Free Trade	William Burns Samuel Davison Solomon Hyam Angus Mackey	George Clubb Jacob Garrard John Hawthorne Frank Smith	George Clark* Edward Darnley* James Johnston* William Murphy*	Robert Cropley (Ind FT)
Bathurst	Free Trade	Francis Suttor*	William Paul
Canterbury	4 Free Trade	William Webster	Joseph Carruthers* William Henson Griffith Russell-Jones John Wheeler*	Thomas Bavister* Cornelius Danahey* John Grant	James Eve (Ind FT)
Central Cumberland	4 Free Trade	Walter Airey Cyrus Fuller	David Dale* Frank Farnell* John Nobbs* Robert Ritchie*	John Gannon John Marshall	John Ferguson (Ind FT) John Forsyth (Ind FT) Thomas Taylor (Ind FT)
East Maitland	Free Trade	John Rigg	James Brunker*
East Sydney	1 Protectionist 3 Free Trade	Edmund Barton* Walter Bradley William Manning	William McMillan* Varney Parkes*	William Grantham	George Reid* (Ind FT)
Glebe	2 Free Trade	Michael Conlon	Michael Chapman Bruce Smith*	Thomas Houghton*	John Meeks (Ind FT) Fred Walsh (Ind FT)
Goulburn	Independent	Albert Lansdowne	Frederick Furner	Aiden Doyle Leslie Hollis*
Hawkesbury	Free Trade		Alexander Bowman* William Morgan
Morpeth	Protectionist	John Bowes* John Courtney	William Arnold Malcolm Martin
Nepean	Free Trade	Thomas Smith	Samuel Lees*
Newcastle	2 Protectionist 1 Free Trade	Alexander Brown William Grahame* Thomas Hungerford	James Curley George Webb	John Fegan* David Scott*
Newtown	3 Free Trade 1 New	Richard Bellemy Wilfred Blacket James Smith	Joseph Abbott* Nicholas Hawken Edmund Molesworth* John Salmon	Francis Cotton* John Hindle*	Marcus Clark (Ind FT) Thomas Midelton (Ind)
Paddington	4 Free Trade	William Allen William Martin James Roberts	Alfred Allen* Charles Hellmrich Robert King James Marks* John Neild*	George Dyson	John Want* (Ind FT)
Parramatta	Free Trade	William Ferris	Tom Moxham Hugh Taylor*
Redfern	3 Protectionist 1 Free Trade	George Garton James Howe Henry Hoyle* William Schey*	George Anderson John Beveridge William Manuell William Stephen	James McGowen* William Sharp*	William Coombes (Ind FT)
St Leonards	3 Free Trade	Francis Punch	John Burns Joseph Cullen* Sir Henry Parkes*	Edward Clark*	Jonathan Seaver (Ind FT)
South Sydney	3 Protectionist 1 Free Trade	George Dibbs Walter Edmunds James Toohey* William Traill*	Edward Foxall James Martin* John McDonagh Bernhard Wise*	Frederick Flowers William Higgs
West Maitland	Free Trade	Hugh Lusk	John Gillies* Richard Thompson
West Sydney	3 Free Trade 1 Independent	John Young	Francis Abigail Daniel O'Connor Thomas Playfair Frederick Woolcott-Waley	George Black* Thomas Davis* John FitzGerald* Andrew Kelly*
Friday 19 June 1891
Albury	Protectionist	John Wilkinson*	Luke Gulson
Carcoar	2 Free Trade	Ezekiel Baker Denis Donnelly* Alfred Fremlin	Charles Jeanneret* John Plumb
East Macquarie	2 Free Trade	Alfred Hales	Sydney Smith* James Tonkin*
Hunter	Free Trade	John Connelly James Pritchard	Robert Scobie*
Kiama	Free Trade	Thomas Kennedy	George Fuller*
Patrick's Plains	Free Trade	Alfred de Lissa	Albert Gould*
Shoalhaven	Free Trade		Philip Morton*	John Maclean
Tenterfield	Free Trade		Charles Lee*
Saturday 20 June 1891
Argyle	2 Free Trade	Edward Graham Thomas Rose*	Edward Ball William Holborow*
Camden	1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade	James Hanrahan John Kidd* William Richardson John Walters	William Cullen* William McCourt* John Morris		John Campbell (Ind FT)
Hartley	1 Free Trade 1 New	Evan Jones	George Donald* John Hurley Charles Passmore John Tabrett	Joseph Cook*	Thomas Richardson (Ind)
Hastings and Manning	2 Free Trade	Hugh McKinnon* John Ruthven	Walter Vivian James Young*
Orange	2 Protectionist	Thomas Dalton James Torpy*		Patrick Bourke Henry Newman*
Wellington	Protectionist	Michael O'Halloran Thomas Quirk Thomas York*
West Macquarie	Protectionist	Paddy Crick*	Charles Boyd
Monday 22 June 1891
Grafton	Protectionist	John See*
Macleay	2 Protectionist	L L Boshell Patrick Hogan* John McLaughlin Enoch Rudder			Otho Dangar* (Ind Prot)
Mudgee	1 Protectionist 2 Free Trade	George Waldron William Wall*	Reginald Black	James Cook	John Haynes* (Ind FT) Robert Jones* (Ind FT)
Wednesday 24 June 1891
Boorowa	Protectionist	Malcolm Burns Thomas Slattery*	Albert Middleton
Braidwood	Protectionist	Austin Chapman* Alexander Ryrie	George Tompsitt
Clarence	Protectionist	John McFarlane*
Eden	2 Protectionist	Henry Clarke* James Garvan*	William Neilley		William Boot (Ind Prot) Richard Crabb (Ind Prot)
Forbes	1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade	Joseph Reymond	Henry Cooke	Albert Gardiner* George Hutchinson*
Illawarra	2 Free Trade	Andrew Lysaght*	Thomas Bissell Archibald Campbell Frederick Franklin	John Nicholson*
Inverell	Protectionist	George Cruickshank*
Northumberland	3 Protectionist	Joseph Creer Ninian Melville* Thomas Walker*		Alfred Edden* James Thomson
Queanbeyan	Protectionist	Edward O'Sullivan*	Alfred Conroy
Richmond	3 Protectionist	Richard Luscombe George Martin Samuel Northcote James Stock			Thomas Ewing* (Ind Prot) Bruce Nicoll* (Ind Prot) John Perry* (Ind Prot)
Tamworth	2 Protectionist	William Dowel* Robert Levien*	William Tribe	Raymond Walsh
Tumut	Protectionist	Travers Jones	Edward Brown*
Upper Hunter	2 Protectionist	William Abbott Robert Fitzgerald*	John McElhone Frederick Morris	Thomas Williams*
Yass Plains	Protectionist	Thomas Colls* Bernard Grogan	William Affleck	Gustavus Herfort
Thursday 25 June 1891
New England	1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade 1 New	Henry Copeland* William Proctor Charles Wilson	James Inglis* Edmund Lonsdale* George Meallin
Friday 26 June 1891
Namoi	1 Free Trade 1 New		Charles Collins* John Mackay	Job Sheldon*
Wentworth	Protectionist				Joseph Abbott* (Ind Speaker)
Saturday 27 June 1891
Durham	Free Trade	James Boydell William Donnelly	Herbert Brown*
Glen Innes	2 Protectionist	Alexander Hutchison* Christopher Legh Francis Wright*	George Simpson
Gloucester	Free Trade	Richard Price	John Hart*
Grenfell	Free Trade	James Gibson	Thomas Bembrick George Greene	Robert Vaughn*
Gundagai	Protectionist	John Barnes*	Henry Deakin
Gunnedah	Free Trade	Thomas Browne Michael Burke Robert Doolan		John Kirkpatrick*
Young	2 Protectionist		James Gordon William Lucas	John Gough* James Mackinnon*
Monday 29 June 1891
Balranald	1 Protectionist 1 Free Trade	Alexander Cameron Allen Lakeman	Robert Wilkinson*	James Newton*
Bogan	2 Protectionist 1 Free Trade	George Cass* Tottenham Richardson William Wilkinson	William A'Beckett Robert Booth* Francis Conder	James Morgan* John Prince
Molong	Protectionist	Andrew Ross*	John Hurley	Cornelius Lindsay
Murray	2 Protectionist	Robert Barbour* John Chanter*	George Chandler
Murrumbidgee	3 Protectionist	David Copland George Dibbs* James Gormly* Patrick Heffernan	John Peadon	Arthur Rae*
Wollombi	Protectionist	Richard Stevenson*	Joseph Gorrick
Tuesday 30 June 1891
Hume	2 Protectionist	James Hayes* Sidney Lindeman William Lyne* John O'Brien	Walter Harper
Monaro	2 Protectionist	Henry Dawson* Gus Miller* Charles Welch	Daniel O'Connor
Sturt	Protectionist			John Cann*
Wilcannia	Protectionist	Edward Dickens*
Friday 3 July 1891
Bourke	3 Protectionist	William Davis James Howe* Austin O'Grady Thomas Waddell William Willis*	Edward Millen		Hugh Langwell* (Ind Lab)
Gwydir	Protectionist	Thomas Hassall*		Leonard Court

References

Green, Antony. 1891 Election, New South Wales Parliament

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