Candidates of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election

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

• James Garland MLA (Lachlan and Lower Darling)
• Richard Hargrave MLA (New England and Macleay)
• Hovenden Hely MLA (Northumberland and Hunter)
• Gideon Lang MLA (Liverpool Plains and Gwydir)
• Patrick Leslie MLA (Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa)
• Henry Parker MLA (Parramatta)
• Francis Rusden MLA (Liverpool Plains and Gwydir)
• James Thompson MLA (St Vincent)

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
Wednesday 13 January 1858
Sydney Hamlets	John Campbell Daniel Cooper	Robert Tooth
Friday 15 January 1858
Sydney City	Robert Campbell Charles Cowper George Thornton Robert Tooth	William Allen William Dalley Frank Fowler James Wilshire
Tuesday 19 January 1858
Parramatta	James Byrnes George Oakes	James Pye
Thursday 21 January 1858
West Camden	James Macarthur William Wild	John Oxley
Friday 22 January 1858
Cumberland Boroughs	William Dalley	William Bowman William Redman
East Camden	John Marks Robert Owen	George Alley Henry Osborne
Saturday 23 January 1858
Argyle	Daniel Deniehy
Monday 25 January 1858
Bathurst County	William Suttor
Tuesday 26 January 1858
North Eastern Boroughs	Richard Bowker
St Vincent	Andrew Aldcorn
Wednesday 27 January 1858
Cook and Westmoreland	Robert Jamison James Martin
Thursday 28 January 1858
Cumberland (North Riding)	Henry Parkes Thomas Smith	Richard Hill
Northumberland Boroughs	James Dickson Elias Weekes
Southern Boroughs	Terence Murray	John Hardy
Western Boroughs	Henry Rotton	Arthur Holroyd
Saturday 30 January 1858
Cumberland (South Riding)	Stuart Donaldson Edward Flood	Thomas Holt George Smith
Northumberland and Hunter	William Piddington Alexander Scott George White	Clark Irving
Monday 1 February 1858
Stanley Boroughs	Benjamin Cribb John Richardson	Edward Browne
Tuesday 2 February 1858
Roxburgh	William Lee
Friday 5 February 1858
Durham	William Arnold Samuel Gordon Richard Jones	Edward Hargraves
Maneroo	Daniel Egan	George Hebden
Murray	William Forster	N S Powell
Wellington County	George Cox
Monday 8 February 1858
King and Georgiana	Peter Faucett
Stanley County	Henry Buckley
Tuesday 9 February 1858
Murrumbidgee	John Hay George Macleay	Eugene Owen
Wednesday 10 February 1858
Gloucester and Macquarie	James Williamson	Thomas Barker
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir	Richard Jenkins Edward Lloyd	William Pennington
Wellington and Bligh	George Lord
Thursday 11 February 1858
Lachlan and Lower Darling	William Macleay John Paterson	Edward Flood John Piper Egan
New England and Macleay	Abram Moriarty William Taylor	Thomas Rusden
Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh	John Robertson
Friday 12 February 1858
Clarence and Darling Downs	Arthur Hodgson
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa	William Tooth	Arthur Macalister

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1858–1859

References

• Green, Antony. "1858 Election - candidate index". New South Wales Parliament.